On Wednesday January 3, 2018, ONDCP officers of the Antigua and Barbuda conducted a successful drug interdiction on the Sir George Walter Highway during which, a large quantity of cocaine was seized.
A total of 286 bricks of Cocaine with a combined weight of 336.40 kilograms or (740.8lbs) was found. The drug carries an estimated wholesale value of Eleven Million Eight Hundred and Seven Thousand, Six Hundred and Forty ($11,807,640.00 ECD).
One Antiguan resident has been arrested in connection with this operation. Investigations are ongoing.