One arrested and released after cannabis plants found on Bándabou, Curaçao
Coast Guard units detained 12 undocumented Venezuelans and found a potted cannabis plantation during a search on Bándabou on 23 February 2019. A person arrested over the plantation has been released, and the KPC police are investigating both cases.
In the early morning of Saturday 23 February 2019, the Rescue and Coordination
Center of the Coast Guard spotted a suspicious vessel southwest of Curaçao,
sailing from the south towards the coast.[1]The centre ordered the Coast
Guard helicopter and land patrol to the area and alerted the police and customs.[1]Once there, the units detained 12 undocumented people of Venezuelan origin,
11 men and one woman.[1]Officers found a firearm that may belong to one of
the detained people.[1]
During the intensive search, officers came across an area with many cannabis
plants.[1]The plants each stood in a pot on the site.[1]A person was
arrested in connection with the cannabis plantation but has since been released.[1]The KPC, Curaçao’s police corps, is investigating both cases.[1]
Case data
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Curaçao police searched an address in San Willibrordus at about 6 a.m. on 20 August 2026 and seized a large quantity of marijuana plants and growing equipment. Police said no one had been arrested, while another outlet reported that several residents were detained.
Curacao police arrested a 26-year-old Curacao-born man at Hato International Airport on 17 August 2026 for allegedly carrying hashish from the Netherlands. He was ordered to remain in custody pending further investigation under the Opium Ordinance.
Police in Curacao arrested three suspects during early-morning raids in Juan Domingo, Willemstad, seizing packaged marijuana, a firearm and a motocross motorcycle. All three remained in custody as detectives continued the investigation, with no identities or quantities published.
Police raided a marijuana plantation and drug lab on Scherpenheuvel near Willemstad, seizing 4,437 plants and growing equipment. A 39-year-old man was arrested at the site and a 43-year-old man was arrested the following Monday.
