Two Jamaican women were arrested on Wednesday in separate incidents in connection with suspected cocaine, police said.
In the first incident, police said a woman, 51, was arrested around 1:30 p.m. in a hotel room in downtown Nassau after officers found 2.4 pounds of suspected cocaine.
Police said the drugs were worth $16,000.
According to authorities, the woman traveled from Panama earlier that day.
Drug Enforcement Unit officers also allegedly found $765.26 in her possession.
Police said another Jamaican woman, 30, was arrested at Lynden Pindling International Airport after officers found 2.4 pounds of suspected cocaine in her luggage.
Police said the woman also traveled from Panama around 1 p.m.
Officers also found $1,200 in her luggage, police reported.
Both women are expected to be charged with importation of dangerous drugs and possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.
Police also reported yesterday that two Bahamian women and a man were arrested in Bimini in connection with 19 pounds of marijuana.
When officers searched a home in Bailey Town around 5 a.m. they found the drugs, which were worth $19,000, police said.
The women, 51 and 26, of Bailey Town, and the man, 43, of Thirsty Turtle, South Bimini, are expected to be charged with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.
On Monday night, police arrested two Bahamian pilots and a Canadian man in connection with 149 pounds of marijuana, 17.4 pounds of ecstasy pills and 2.6 pounds of hashish oil.
Police believe the drugs -- which were in four suitcases -- were smuggled into the country from Canada.
The drugs were worth over $1 million, according to police.
The men were charged yesterday.

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