78 lb of cannabis worth EC$468,000 seized at Antigua's airport
Antigua police and Customs officers found 43 vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis, weighing 78 pounds and valued at EC$468,000, at LIAT Cargo storage at V.C. Bird International Airport on Wednesday 14 December 2022. No arrests were reported and police said investigations were continuing.
🇦🇬 LIAT Cargo storage, V.C. Bird International Airport, St John's, Antigua · Antigua and Barbuda
Arrested
0
Cannabis
35.38 kg
Agencies
Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, Customs Department
Forty-three vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis were seized at V.C. Bird
International Airport, Antigua’s international airport, on Wednesday 14 December
2022.[1]The packages were found at LIAT Cargo storage, the cargo facility of
the regional airline LIAT, during a joint narcotics operation by the police and
the Customs Department.[1]
The cannabis weighed 78 pounds, about 35.4 kg.[1]The authorities estimated
its value at EC$468,000, the East Caribbean dollar used in Antigua and Barbuda.[1]
No arrest was reported in the accounts of the seizure.[1]The police said they
were continuing their investigations into the matter.[1]Antigua News Room
published the same account of 43 packages, 78 pounds and the EC$468,000 estimate
on the same day.[2]
Photos and video
Image published at the top of the Antigua News report of the 78-pound cannabis seizure at LIAT Cargo storage; the page gives no caption or credit.Photo details
Only the weekday, Wednesday, is given for the discovery; 14 December 2022 is the preceding Wednesday and the story was published the next morning, but no account gives the date itself.
The 78-pound weight is stated without precision, so the recorded 35.4 kg is a conversion of that figure.
No weight per package, no arrest, suspect, charge or court outcome was reported; police said only that investigations were continuing.
The EC$468,000 figure is a police estimate of value, not a sale price.
The picture published with the Antigua News report carries no caption, credit or alt text, so it cannot be confirmed to show these particular packages.
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