A very large quantity of cocaine was seized by Grand Bahama Drug Enforcement Unit officers, shortly after it arrived on the island.
Acting on information received, the team of Interdiction Officers proceeded to the Freeport Container Port around 4:00pm on Sunday 15.9.08, where they commenced enquiries.
While inspecting the contents of a 40 ft metal container that had just been off-loaded onto the storage bay, the officers discovered three large black duffle bags that were concealed among a shipment of sugar. These suspicious bags were retrieved and taken to the DEU headquarters, where, upon inspection, they were found to contain a total of one hundred and twenty-eight (128) kilos of cocaine, that have an estimated street value of three and one half (3.5) million dollars. The concealed narcotics had just arrived at the Container Port aboard the MSC Peru, that was inbound from Buenaventura, Colombia and it's cargo of containers were in transit to Port Au Prince, Haiti.
The captain and crew of the vessel were interviewed, but no arrests were made.
The seized contraband have since been flown to New Providence aboard an 'Operation Bat' helicopter, where DEU officials will be continuing the investigation, along with International Law Enforcement agencies.
C/Supt Basil V Rahming
15.9.08
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