Police seized 1,131 pounds of cocaine last year, up 98 percent in comparison to the 569 pounds seized in 2012, according to police drug statistics for 2013.
Superintendent Samuel Butler, head of the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), said the numbers trended upward because of the work of the DEU and the additional resources and manpower provided to that department.
"This has helped us to spread a little bit wider throughout the [Family] Islands and in New Providence," he said.
"We are intelligence driven. We are not going to be successful just by chance and that intelligence ranges.
"...We've been able to sharpen our intelligence in terms of partnering with various law enforcement agencies, both locally and abroad."
In 2013, police also seized almost 21,000 marijuana plants, 17,597 pounds of marijuana and arrested more than 1,200 people.
In 2012, special operations led to the confiscation of more than 79,000 marijuana plants, 5,379 pounds of marijuana and the arrest of more than 1,000 people.
In 11 special operations last year, Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) authorities seized 680 pounds of cocaine, 5,217 pounds of marijuana and arrested 45 people.
"We obviously have already reviewed [our] successes and activities of last year and we have looked at some of our strategies," Butler said.
"We have already strengthened some strategies on some fronts, and we have also initiated some new strategies."
With three major seizures on Grand Bahama for the year, Butler said the DEU will continue to prevent drug traffickers from bringing drugs into The Bahamas and using it as a transshipment point.
On Wednesday night, police arrested eight men in Grand Bahama in connection with the seizure of $2 million worth of marijuana.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour said police were monitoring a 42-foot speed boat between 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m.
The boat eventually pulled up on a beach in Homes Rock and a group of men began unloading several large bales into nearby bushes.
Police retrieved the stashed drugs and discovered another 41 bales of marijuana aboard the boat, according to Seymour.
The drugs weighed more than 2,000 pounds.
In a joint operation between Sunday and Monday morning in Grand Bahama, police seized more than $3 million worth or marijuana and cocaine.
A search of a Bayshore and Midshipmen Road residence and another location led to the seizure of 247 pounds of cocaine and 308 pounds of marijuana.
Two men were arrested in connection with the drugs.
And nearly two weeks ago, Bahamian and United States authorities discovered around $1 million worth of cocaine at the Freeport Container Port.
The drugs were found in two large black Nike duffle bags, which contained 45 clear plastic Ziploc bags filled with cocaine.
The drugs weighed around 112 pounds.
"Collectively we are making a significant dent in these various incidents... [and] whether it is Grand Bahama, Bimini or the Berry Islands, we are on the alert to prevent and detect, particularly in the area of drug smuggling," said Seymour.
Butler pointed out that the drugs seized in those incidents were destined for the United States.

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