25 kg of cannabis seized at Antigua's seaport and airport
Police and Customs officers in Antigua seized 55 pounds (about 25 kg) of cannabis in joint operations at the Deep Water Harbour and V.C. Bird International Airport on 15 March 2023. Two men were assisting the investigations, and no arrests were reported.
🇦🇬 Deep Water Harbour and V.C. Bird International Airport, St John's, Antigua · Antigua and Barbuda
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Cannabis
24.95 kg
Agencies
Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, Customs Division
The Police Narcotics and Customs Departments seized55 pounds (about 25 kg) of
cannabis at the Deep Water Harbour and the V.C. Bird International Airport on
Wednesday 15 March 2023.[1][2]Two separate joint operations at the Deep Water
Harbour found 35 pounds of cannabis in two separate shipments, which the
authorities estimated at a combined $230,000.[1][2]
A similar operation at the airport found another 20 pounds with a stated street
value of $120,000.[1][2]The cannabis was taken to the police station and two men
were assisting with the investigations.[1][2]
Police spokesman Inspector Frankie Thomas said the haul amounted to 55 pounds of
cannabis and that the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda and the Customs
Division carried out the interceptions at the country’s two main ports of entry.[3]Inspector Thomas said the agencies found 35 pounds in two shipments at the
seaport and 20 pounds at the airport, giving the same values of $230,000 and
$120,000.[3]Antigua News Room published the same account of the two joint
operations at the Deep Water Harbour, the airport find and the two men assisting
the investigations.[4]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
24.95 kg
Value (official estimate)
XCD 230,000
Agencies
Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda; Customs Division
No arrests were reported; two men were said to be assisting investigations, and no charges or court outcome followed in the sources.
The airport haul is given as 20 pounds with a street value of $120,000, which is inconsistent with the $230,000 attached to the larger 35-pound port haul; only the port value is recorded.
The article does not say how the 55 pounds were divided beyond the two Deep Water Harbour shipments (35 pounds) and the airport find (20 pounds).
The currency of the dollar figures is not stated; Eastern Caribbean dollars are assumed as the local currency but this is not confirmed by the sources.
Antigua News Room and Pointville reproduce the same official statement, so the accounts are not independent.
No statement from the police or customs service itself and no laboratory confirmation of the drug were found.
The 24.95 kg figure is a conversion of the reported 55 pounds; no metric weight was published.
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