Coast Guard seize drugs

According to a release sent by the Coast Guard, officers paid aerial surveillance on a yacht which was showing an erratic course.

The Coast Guard later intercepted the vessel which carried an Antigua and Barbuda flag. Officers boarded and searched the vessel, resulting in the drug find. Newsday understands that officers found 14 packets of high grade marijuana weighing in total, 17 lbs.

The Defence Force thanked all local, regional and international partners for their continued work with the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard in making the nation and the region safer spaces. For the year thus far the Coast Guard has seized $837,917,700 in drugs.