Law enforcement and security officials seized an estimated $256,000 worth of cannabis at the V.C. Bird International Airport on Tuesday.
Police officers attached to Narcotics and K-9 Unit, along with customs and airport security officers conducted two separate operations at Customs Bonded Warehouse with the aid of the sniffer dogs, and found a combined total of 64 pounds of cannabis.
In one incident, the dogs alerted the officers to a barrel with laundry detergent which arrived aboard Air Canada from Canada.
The shipment was searched and four buckets with 21 vacuum sealed packages of cannabis were found hidden inside each bucket. The substance weighed 14 ¾ pounds and carries an estimated wholesale value of $59,000.
In the other incident, two barrels, coming out of the United States aboard Amerijet Cargo Airlines were found, an overall total of 49 ½ pounds of compressed cannabis.
The illegal drugs were found hidden among four buckets of food items. The substance carries a wholesale value of $197,000. All the items were seized and taken to Police Headquarters, pending further investigations.
Less than 48 hours prior, a similar operation was conducted by Narcotics and K-9 officers at the airport and a total of 7 ¾ pounds of cannabis with an estimated wholesale value of $31,000 were seized.
Earlier in the month of April, more than 1.6 million dollars’ worth of drugs were destroyed at Burma Quarry. This came as a result of cases that were disposed of in both the High and Magistrate’s Courts; as well as seizures, where no arrests were made.
