Anti-narcotics officers yesterday seized some 1,035 pounds of marijuana during an operation in West Grand Bahama, State Minister Loretta Butler Turner has said.
The narcotics, worth an estimated US$1, 035,000 were discovered in the Holmes Rock area by Drug Enforcement Unit officers following a high speed chase with a vehicle.
The minister said officers had approached the parked vehicle when a few people jumped in and drove off.
Several shots were fired from the civilian vehicle during the ensuing chase before it escaped, she said.
Detectives later discovered two large bags containing several brown taped packages of suspected marijuana in the area where the car was parked.
An additional 18 bags were found in an unfinished building nearby.
While no arrests have yet been made, the minister said the officers should be “commended…for their continued effort in the fight against dangerous/illegal drugs on the streets of Grand Bahama.”
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