The Tribune

TWO men - one of them a Jamaican - are in police custody after a drug seizure in waters near Chub Cay.

According to police, shortly after noon on Saturday a team of officers assigned to the Drug Enforcement Unit and the Police Marine Support Unit, assisted by US Drug Enforcement officers, intercepted a 32-foot vessel in waters off Bird Cay near Chub Cay with the two men on board.

Drug Enforcement Unit officers conducted a search of the vessel and found six packages containing 60 pounds of marijuana. The two suspects, one a Bahamian, were taken into custody in connection with this find.

Police also arrested an American man shortly after 11am on Saturday for drug possession in New Providence.

Officers from the Tourism Policing Unit were on routine foot patrol at Pompey Square, when they saw the American male who aroused their suspicion.

The officers conducted a search of the man and found a quantity of marijuana in his possession. He was then arrested.

Investigations into these incidents continue.