Police and customs officers searching Antigua's Deep Water Harbour on 13 September 2022 found 56 vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis hidden in two barrels. The cannabis weighed 56 pounds (about 25.4 kg), which the police valued at EC$336,000, and investigations were continuing without any arrests reported.
🇦🇬 Deep Water Harbour, St John's, Antigua · Antigua and Barbuda
Police and customs officers found 56 vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis inside two barrels during a joint drug operation at Deep Water Harbour, Antigua’s main seaport, on Tuesday 13 September 2022.[1] A search at the port that day uncovered the 56 packages.[1]
The cannabis weighed 56 pounds, about 25.4 kg, and the police gave it a street value of EC$336,000.[1] Police said they were conducting further investigations into the find.[1]
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