97 lb of cannabis found in two barrels at Antigua's Deep Water Harbour
Police and customs officers at Deep Water Harbour, Antigua's main seaport, found 97 sealed packages of cannabis in two barrels on 15 May 2023. The cannabis weighed 97 pounds (about 44 kg) with an estimated value of $582,000, and investigations were continuing.
🇦🇬 Deep Water Harbour, St John's, Antigua · Antigua and Barbuda
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Cannabis
44 kg
Agencies
Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, Customs and Excise Division
Police and customs officers carried out a joint drug operation at Deep Water
Harbour, Antigua’s main seaport, on Monday 15 May.[1][2]In the two barrels they
found 97 sealed packages of cannabis.[3][2]
The cannabis weighed 97 pounds, close to 100 pounds, and was given an estimated
value of $582,000.[1][2]
The account gives no arrests and says further investigations into the matter are
ongoing.[1][2]Antigua News Room carried the same account on the same day, with
the same barrel count, weight and value.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
44 kg
Value (official estimate)
XCD 582,000
Agencies
Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda; Customs and Excise Division
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