39.5 lb of cannabis worth $316,000 seized at Antigua's Deep-Water Harbour
Police and customs officers seized 39.5 pounds (about 17.9 kg) of cannabis, with an estimated street value of $316,000, during a joint interdiction operation at Deep-Water Harbour in Antigua on 23 November 2023. No arrests had been made when the reports were published, and the investigation into the cannabis's origin and intended destination was continuing.
🇦🇬 Deep Water Harbour, St John's, Antigua · Antigua and Barbuda
Officers from the Narcotics Department and the Customs Enforcement Unit carried
out a significant drug interdiction operation at Deep-Water Harbour on Thursday
at about 10:30 a.m.[1]The operation resulted in the confiscation of a
substantial quantity of cannabis, totalling thirty-nine and a half (39.5)
pounds, about 17.9 kilograms.[1]The estimated street value of the seized
cannabis is $316,000.[1]Antigua News Room published the same account on the
same day, giving the same weight of 39.5 pounds and a street value of
$316,000.00ECC, Eastern Caribbean dollars.[2]
As of the latest update, no arrests have been made in connection with the
operation.[1]At present, the confiscated substance is undergoing a detailed
investigation to uncover additional information about its origin and intended
destination.[1]Ongoing investigations are actively in progress.[1]Further
updates are anticipated as the investigation unfolds.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The accounts give the day only as Thursday; 23 November 2023 is used from the Thursday before the 25 November publication.
The value is given as $316,000 without stating the currency; Eastern Caribbean dollars are assumed from Antigua News Room's $316,000.00ECC, as in other Antigua reports.
The weight is given only in pounds (39.5 lb, about 17.9 kg); no metric weight was published.
The reports do not describe the cannabis beyond a substantial quantity, give no package count, and do not say how it was concealed.
No laboratory confirmation of the substance was reported.
Antigua News Room repeats the Observer's account with the same wording and figures, so the two are not independent sources.
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