ROYAL POLICE FORCE OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Office of Strategic Communications (STRATCOM)
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sixty Pounds of Cannabis Seized at V.C. Bird International Airport
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, Monday, 2 March 2026
The police have seized approximately sixty (60) pounds of cannabis with an estimated street value of EC $360,000.00 during a joint drug interdiction operation at the V.C. Bird International Airport.
On Sunday, 1 March, officers attached to the Narcotics Department, along with members of the K-9 Unit and the Customs Enforcement Unit, conducted a coordinated operation at the airport and seized one black suitcase and one green suitcase with a total of nineteen (19) sealed packages of cannabis.
A 38-year-old Jamaican man was subsequently arrested and taken into custody connection with ongoing investigation.
He is expected to be charge and taken before the court.
The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda remains resolute in its commitment to disrupting drug trafficking networks and safeguarding the nation’s borders.
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