Over 120 lb of cannabis seized at Antigua airport cargo shed
Police and customs officers found vacuum-sealed cannabis in two separate shipments at the V.C. Bird International Airport cargo shed on 8 October 2021. More than 120 pounds was seized, valued by the Observer at over 700,000 dollars and by Antigua News Room at $724,500, with no arrests reported.
🇦🇬 V.C. Bird International Airport cargo shed, Antigua · Antigua and Barbuda
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Cannabis
54.431 kg
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Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, Customs Department
Police and customs officers found vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis in two
separate shipments at the V.C. Bird International Airport cargo shed on Friday 8
October 2021.[1]The find was made during a joint operation by the police and
the Customs Department.[1]The parcels were taken to police headquarters and
investigations were under way.[2]
More than 120 pounds (about 54.4 kg) of cannabis were seized over the weekend.[1]Antigua News Room reported one parcel weighed 95 and a half pounds and the
other 25 and a quarter pounds, and put the estimated street value at $724,500.[2]The Observer, attributing the figures to police, said the parcels weighed
nine and a half pounds and 24 and a quarter pounds, worth more than 700,000
dollars combined.[1]
Picture of the packages published at the top of the Observer's report of the airport cargo-shed seizure; the page gives no caption or credit.Photo details
Neither account names any arrest, suspect or charge, and nothing on a court outcome followed.
The two accounts give different parcel weights: the Observer reports nine and a half and 24 and a quarter pounds, while Antigua News Room reports 95 and a half and 25 and a quarter pounds, which fit the stated total of over 120 pounds.
The total is given only as over 120 pounds, so the recorded 54.4 kg is an approximation.
The Observer's 10 October 2021 report gives no weekday date; 8 October comes from Antigua News Room.
The Observer gives no currency for its figure of over 700,000 dollars; the East Caribbean dollar is assumed for Antigua, and the News Room's $724,500 is described as a street-value estimate.
Neither account says whether the shipments came by air freight or post, who sent them, where they came from, or what happened to the cannabis afterwards.
The photograph at the top of the Observer report carries no caption, credit or alt text, so it cannot be confirmed to show these particular shipments.
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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.
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