Bahamas News

In what has become third major drug operation for the month of February, Police seized 630 lbs of marijuana in North Andros on Monday worth an estimated $630,000.

According to police reports, officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), the Coast Guard as well as Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officers who were on routine air patrol observed a white and gold AZTEC aircraft on a dirt road around 1 pm on Monday.

When officers approached the aircraft to investigate, the persons who were unloading crocus sacks from the plane to nearby bushes, set the aircraft on fire and fled on foot.

The officers discovered sixteen crocus sacks of marijuana, one duffle bag of marijuana and one plastic bag of marijuana which had all been unloaded from the aircraft.

Officers were able to arrest a 34-year-old man who has addresses in both Andros and New Providence, as well as a 33 year old man from Grand Bahama. A third person remains at large according to Assistant Commissioner of police Reginald Ferguson.

This drug find comes on the heels of two other major drug busts that were made in Freeport in early February.

On Friday, February 2, 2007 police in Grand Bahama discovered and seized a white-taped plastic package containing 2.5 lbs of cocaine with an estimated street value of $30,000 after they received a tip. Two men, one 39 and the other 47 years of age were arrested in connection with that find.

Meanwhile, acting on a tip Saturday, the police raided a group of 10 Haitians on board a 140 foot freighter, the MV Caribbean which had docked at the Bradford Marine Shipyard the day before.

While searching the vessel the officers discovered 70 lbs of cocaine with an estimated street value of $900,000. All of the men were arrested and taken to Nassau to be tried.

Courtesy of The Nassau Guardian