Drug Enforcement Unit officers arrested a Bahamian man and a Jamaican woman after finding 390 pounds (about 177 kg) of suspected marijuana at a house on Water Street in the Big Pond community of New Providence on 26 April 2017.[1] Assistant Commissioner of Police Samuel Butler, the senior officer responsible for drug investigations, said the seizure happened around 6.45am after officers received intelligence and executed a search warrant at the house.[1] Police said officers found sacks and a children’s backpack holding the cannabis, and a child was also present in the home.[1] Police put the street value of the marijuana at $390,000, a figure the Tribune rounded up to nearly $400,000 in its headline.[1] The Bahama Journal reported that the search began around 7am at number 46 Water Street, where officers met a male and female occupant and found several nylon bags of marijuana.[2]

Butler said police were concerned about the level of drug trafficking within local communities and preferred to make seizures at sea before drugs reach land.[1] Both arrested people were expected to appear before a magistrate as soon as possible, the Bahama Journal reported.[2]