The Police Narcotics Department and Customs have made yet another drug seizure at the V.C. Bird International Airport.
On Wednesday, 18 December, both law enforcement agencies seized a black suitcase with 28 vacuum-sealed packages of Cannabis weighing 33. 4 pounds.
The substance is said to value $267, 200. The suitcase and contents were taken to the police station for further investigation.
On Tuesday, the police seized almost half of a million dollars worth of cannabis at the said port of entry, after 60 packages were discovered in a suitcase.
Investigations are still ongoing into that matter.
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