NDEA communiqué - Drug seizure at fishing port |29 April 2016

Alert port security officials have foiled a significant delivery of the controlled drug cannabis after they encountered a fishing boat employee trying to smuggle the drugs from the compound on the evening of April 27.

According to a communiqué from the National Drugs Enforcement Agency (NDEA), the drugs were recovered and handed over to the agency. In follow-up investigations one man was arrested and taken into custody.

The seized drugs weighed approximately 1.7 kilogrammes and will be forensically examined as part of the investigation process.

The NDEA is grateful for the level of cooperation from port and border officials which has resulted in several seizures of illegal drugs in recent times.