POLICE arrested a Bahamian man at the Lynden Pindling International Airport on Sunday in connection with the seizure of 51 kilos of cocaine. According to police, shortly after 8am, K-9 officers on duty at the LPIA Jet Aviation Centre assisted by officers from the Airport Division conducted a search of a chartered aircraft that had just landed. Officers found two large bags containing 51 kilos of cocaine.

A man is in custody assisting Drug Enforcement Unit officers with their investigations.

This came two days after police arrested two men in southwest New Providence and seized several pounds of marijuana from them.

According to police reports, shortly before 9am Friday, a team of officers from the Airport Division was conducting an operation on Coral Harbour Road when two men in a silver Saturn Sedan car aroused their suspicion.

“The officers beckoned to the men to stop the vehicle but they refused to do so and sped off,” a police statement said.

“After a short chase the officers brought the vehicle to a stop. The officers conducted a search of the vehicle and uncovered 25 pounds of marijuana in a suitcase.”

The men were taken into custody and are expected to appear in court early this week to be formally charged.

Investigations into both incidents continue.

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