77½ lb of cannabis found in barrels and a box at Antigua's Deep Water Harbour
Police and customs officers at Deep Water Harbour, Antigua's main seaport, found 77½ pounds (about 35 kg) of cannabis hidden in two barrels and a cardboard box on 5 December 2022. The police valued the drugs at EC$465,000, made no arrests and said investigations were continuing.
🇦🇬 Deep Water Harbour, St John's, Antigua · Antigua and Barbuda
Cannabis
35.15 kg
Agencies
Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, Customs and Excise Division
Police and customs officers found 77½ pounds (about 35 kg) of cannabis hidden in
two barrels and a cardboard box during a joint operation at Deep Water Harbour,
Antigua’s main seaport, on Monday 5 December 2022.[1]The cannabis was valued
at EC$465,000 and was taken to the police station.[1]The Royal Police Force
of Antigua and Barbuda said it thwarted an attempt by unknown persons to import
the drugs into the country.[2]Police said the drugs were taken to St John’s
Police Station, where an investigation began.[2]
No arrests were made, according to the police statement.[2]
The week before, the same two agencies found two guns, more than 100 rounds of
ammunition and about 40 pounds of cannabis in a barrel at the same port, an
earlier seizure with its own investigation.[1]Pointville described that
earlier find as two guns, more than 100 rounds and about 40 pounds of cannabis
hidden in a barrel in vacuum-sealed packages, valued at $262,000.[2]The
police said investigations into the matters were ongoing.[1]
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The uncaptioned image published at the top of the story about the 77½-pound cannabis seizure at Deep Water Harbour; the page gives no caption, credit or confirmation of what it shows.Photo details
The police statement gives the day of the search only as Monday; 5 December 2022 is used from the Monday before the 6 December publication.
The currency of EC$465,000 is given in Eastern Caribbean dollars by the Antigua News account; Pointville writes the same figure with a plain dollar sign.
The weight is stated in pounds only (77½ lb, about 35.15 kg); no metric weight was published.
Neither account names a suspect, carrier, owner or addressee of the barrels and box, and no charges or court outcome followed.
The earlier seizure reported in the same accounts (firearms, ammunition and about 40 pounds of cannabis) is a separate event at the same port and is described here only for context, not counted in the figures.
The two accounts differ on the earlier haul: Antigua News says several firearms and more than 140 rounds, Pointville says two guns and more than 100 rounds.
The story's only image is uncaptioned and uncredited, with nothing tying it to these barrels and box, so it is linked without a claim about what it shows.
Antigua police and Customs seized 13 packages of cannabis weighing about 13 pounds and valued at EC$78,000 from two boxes at the LIAT Cargo Shed on 5 March 2026. No arrests were made, and investigators are working to trace the shipment's origin and destination.
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.
Police and Customs found 60 vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis weighing 60 pounds (about 27.2 kg) in a suitcase at V.C. Bird International Airport on 17 December 2024. The cannabis was valued at $480,000 and taken to the police station for investigation.
Police and Customs found six boxes holding 116 vacuum-sealed cannabis packages in the V.C. Bird cargo shed on 22 October 2024, a seizure worth over half a million dollars. No arrests were reported.
