(RealNews)Law-enforcement agencies have conducted yet another successful joint drug-interdiction operation – the second for this year, 2023.
Reportedly, officers from the Narcotics Department and Customs Enforcement Unit Task Force went on duty at about 11 a.m. on January 6 at the Deep Water Harbour, where a blue barrel was searched and was found to contain 52 vacuumed-sealed packages of cannabis.
The substance weighs 52 pounds in total and has an estimated street value of $312,000.
The barrel and its contents were taken to Police Headquarters pending further investigations.
On January 4, 10 pounds of the illegal drug was seized during a similar operation at the V.C. Bird International Airport Cargo Storage Shed. It carried an estimated street value of $60,000.