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Thursday, September 05, 2013 | 9:02 AMMIAMI (CMC) – A joint task force from Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) seized 1,220 pounds of ganja worth an estimated wholesale value of US$1.1 million in the vicinity of Andros Island in the Bahamas. On Thursday, the US Coast Guard said aircrews from its Air Station Clearwater in Florida were deployed on August 28 to “forward operating bases” and flew aboard the MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter, while providing aviation support to OPBAT missions.A deployed OPBAT aircrew stationed at the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Centre (AUTEC) “spotted the narcotics stash and vectored investigators to a remote site in the mangroves of Andros Island,” the Coast Guard said.After the stash was located, it said the Jayhawk aircrew hoisted and transported the narcotics to Bahamian law enforcement authorities in the capital, Nassau.The Coast Guard said nine suspects were arrested by the Royal Bahamas Police Force and also transported to Nassau.“This seizure displays the teamwork of several agencies working together to discover and stop illegal contraband from being trafficked in the Caribbean,” said Commander Mark Driver.“This Coast Guard, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Bahamian law enforcement seizure prevented nearly US$1.1 million of illegal narcotics from harming citizens of the Bahamas or crossing international borders,” he added.OPBAT is a combined DEA, Coast Guard and Government of Bahamas partnership to combat drug smuggling to and from the Bahamas.Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jamaicaobserverFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamaicaObserver
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Over 1,000 pounds of marijuana seized in the Bahamas
