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Over half a million dollars worth of cannabis was seized at V.C. Bird International Airport during a joint drug operation between Police and Customs.
Six cardboard boxes with a total of one hundred and sixteen vacuumed-sealed packages of cannabis were discovered at the cargo shed on Tuesday, October 22.
The controlled substance weighs 140.4 lbs and is valued at $626,400. The substance was taken to the headquarters, as further investigations are ongoing.
Pity that this haul in excess of half a million dollars cannot be put to good use to benefit the needy. What has become of the much touted cannabis-to-medicine industry that seemed so promising a few months ago? Burning the illicit cargo is just counterproductive and nonsensical!
Great job officers
Drug bust but still drugs are on the streets. Between the lines are where we need to read….
Our officers has been doing an awesome job lately. Returning our sweet little Antigua to a peaceful and drug free island. Keep up the good works officers and one day we will be 100% clean
Where are these drugs going to? I refuse to believe that the police is discarding these drugs the way they should be discarded! They keep them and return a majority to their high ends drug dealers. Drug dealers aren’t only outside they are also inside the force
That’s a lot of drugs that would’ve gone to our streets and possibly to our precious youths. I commend the officers behind this major drug bust.
I mean – it’s just weed – a product of God’s green earth to be used for the healing of the nation so I don’t see the big deal. Why criminalize it when the government can use its production and sale as another source of revenue? Just tax it and be done with it.
What do you think is going to happen when the united states of america starts noticing and start taking into consideration that the caribbean countries are not taking thier economic policies on security more seriously