Woman found with drugs strapped to her body at Antigua Airport

Antigua and Barbuda: A woman of age 30 found with Cocaine and Cannabis at V.C. Bird International Airport, Antigua. She is a resident of George Street.

The officers from the Narcotics Department were on duty in the departure lounge, encountered the resident and found the stuff. Upon conducting a search, the narcotics department conducted a search and discovered over 1 pound of Cannabis and 42.5 grams of cocaine strapped to her body.

Considerably, Cocaine and Cannabis was found in the lingerie of the woman. For such a quantity found with her, the woman has been taken into police custody with two of the packages containing drug substance. And, the woman has been detained, is expected to face charges of drug trafficking and other related offenses.

Notably, as the cannabis found weighs 1.4 pounds has the value of EC $3,500. And, the cocaine having the weight 42.5 grams has the projected value of EC$ 1,487.50

The Authorities are conducting the investigations to get into the details of the case. General public is criticizing such moves of the individuals and are ashamed of their behavior.

“I didn’t know people still with this dumb move. After having all the body scanners which are at all the airports worldwide,” mentioned one of the netizens.

Such cases coming forth so frequently are raising concerns among the people of the country. And,. the illegal activities like drug trafficking are going on so openly in the nation. The global reports have highlighted that Guatemalans, Jamaicans and Guyanese are more involved in cocaine and cannabis trafficking operations.

The country, Antigua and Barbuda is a very small nation to organize trafficking flows on its own. Such activities going in such a small area is even more concerning. And, the police is undergoing investigations to get into the details of the case.