Jamaican arrested after 60 lb of cannabis seized at Antigua airport
Antiguan officers seized 19 packages of cannabis weighing 60 pounds and valued at EC$360,000 from two suitcases at V.C. Bird International Airport. A Jamaican man was arrested and was expected to be charged before the court.
🇦🇬 V.C. Bird International Airport, St John's, Antigua · Antigua and Barbuda
Police said a 38-year-old Jamaican man was arrested and taken into custody in
connection with the investigation at V.C. Bird International Airport.[1][2]The
same accounts also described a 36-year-old Jamaican as assisting police
following the same seizure.[1]He was expected to be charged and brought
before the court.[3][2]
Officers attached to the Narcotics Department, with members of the K-9 Unit and
the Customs Enforcement Unit, conducted a coordinated operation at the airport.[1][2]Officers seized one black suitcase and one green suitcase containing a
total of 19 sealed packages of cannabis.[1][2]The seized cannabis weighed 60
pounds, about 27.22 kg.[3][2]Police gave the street value of the seized cannabis
as EC$360,000.[1][2]
The joint operation took place at the airport last Sunday, two days before the 3
March 2026 publications.[1][2]The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda said
it remains resolute in disrupting drug trafficking networks and safeguarding the
nation’s borders.[1]
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The marijuana seized at V.C. Bird International Airport during the joint drug interdiction operation.Photo details
The accounts give the man's age as 38 in the arrest passage but describe a 36-year-old Jamaican as assisting police in the opening passage; it is unclear whether these are conflicting details about one man or two people.
No publication gives the operation's calendar date directly; 1 March 2026 is inferred as the Sunday before the 3 March 2026 publications.
The reports do not state the cannabis shipment's origin, the flight involved, or whether the expected charge was filed.
Both cited outlets carry the same CMC account, so the seizure rests on a single agency-sourced version of events.
The article also mentions a separate interdiction at VCBIA on February 25 involving approximately nine pounds of cannabis valued at $54,000, a different event left out here.
Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda officers stopped a white Toyota Ractis at Creekside at about 7:45 a.m. on 14 September 2026 and found 30 pounds (13.6 kg) of suspected cannabis, more than EC$10,000 in cash and the car. Three men were arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession; no charges had been announced.
Police arrested four people in Antigua on 4 September 2026 in two operations under Operation Restore Confidence. A search warrant at a property on Green Bay Hill produced two firearms and ammunition, while a vehicle stop and a search of the driver’s home produced 55.2 grams and 1.4 pounds of cannabis.
Antigua police arrested a 34-year-old All Saints man during coordinated Narcotics and K-9 operations in All Saints and Liberta on 29 May 2026. Officers seized about one pound of cannabis from a property and 104.1 grams from the man, taking him and the drugs to Police Headquarters.
Antigua police arrested and charged 36-year-old Javin Maynard of Cedar Grove after a 28 February 2025 search of his home found 37.5 grams of cannabis and five .25 rounds of ammunition. He admitted the cannabis charge, denied the ammunition charge and was remanded to prison until 21 May for trial.