By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport
Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
A JOINT Bahamian-US law enforcement operation led to a $5m drug bust in Grand Bahama yesterday morning, the largest drug seizure here on the island so far this year.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Stephen Rolle reported that 250 kilos of cocaine were discovered at an apartment complex in the Eight Mile Rock area shortly after 12am.
He said that officers from Drug Enforcement Unit, US Drug Enforcement Administration and OPBAT conducted a joint operation, which led them to an unpainted apartment complex situated in Russell Town, Eight Mile Rock.
ASP Rolle said officers knocked on the front door of the unit on the western end of the complex, where a man opened the door.
The man was shown a search warrant. Officers searched the unit but found nothing.ASP Rolle said the man then led the officers to the apartment unit next door, where they discovered nine suitcases, which contained in total 250 kilos of suspected cocaine. The total weight of the drugs is 638 pounds, with an estimated street value $5 million. A man is assisting police with the investigation.
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