12 lb of cannabis worth $72,000 seized at Antigua airport cargo shed
Police and customs officers found six vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis weighing 12 pounds in a cardboard box during a routine search of the Customs Cargo Shed at V.C. Bird International Airport in Antigua. Police valued the haul at about $72,000 and said investigations were ongoing; no arrest was reported.
🇦🇬 Customs Cargo Shed, V.C. Bird International Airport, Antigua · Antigua and Barbuda
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Arrested
0
Cannabis
5.44 kg
Agencies
Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, Customs and Excise Division
Police and customs officers found six vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis inside
a cardboard box during a routine search of the Customs Cargo Shed at V.C. Bird
International Airport.[1][2]The search took place on the Friday before the
release, 17 January 2025.[3]The release was issued by the police force’s
Strategic Communications office, known as Stratcom.[3]
The packages weighed 12 pounds, about 5.4 kilograms, and were taken to the
police.[1][2]Police valued the cannabis at approximately $72,000.[1][2]No arrest
was reported and the police said further investigations were ongoing.[3][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
0
Cannabis
5.44 kg
Value (official estimate)
XCD 72,000
Agencies
Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda; Customs and Excise Division
The article gives only "Friday"; 17 January 2025 is taken as the Friday before the release dated Saturday, 18 January 2025.
The value is written as $72,000 without stating Eastern Caribbean or US dollars; it is recorded as Eastern Caribbean dollars as in other Antigua reports.
The 5.44 kg figure converts the reported 12 pounds; no metric weight was published and the cannabis product form was not stated.
No arrest, charge, suspect, consignee or shipment origin was reported.
Both published accounts reproduce the same Stratcom media release, so they are not independent reporting.
Antigua News, like the other outlets cited, appears to reproduce the same Stratcom media release; the account is still not independent reporting.
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