Twenty-three year old Akeem Monsell Saunders is currently in police custody assisting the police in their investigations, after he was caught with a quantity of Cannabis at the airport.
He arrived in Antigua on Monday at V.C Bird International Airport aboard Caribbean Airline Flight #459, in transit to St. Kitts on LIAT flight #521.
Narcotics and Customs K9 officers were on duty at the airport and carried out a search on his suitcase and found 13 grams of cannabis hidden inside his shoe. The drugs were seized and he was arrested and taken into custody. He is a known professional cricketer, who plays for the Leeward Island cricket team.
He is expected to be charged for a number of drugs related offences.