The Tribune

POLICE in Long Island seized cocaine valued at $10m over the weekend.

Chief Superintendent of Police Chrislyn Skippings said officers acting on intelligence found the drugs at the Stella Maris airport shortly before midnight Sunday.

Officers had observed a blue and white Aztec aircraft, she said.

“Officers conducted a search of that aircraft,” she added, “and they found 16 White crocus sacks containing suspected cocaine. An additional search of the aircraft revealed five additional crocus sacks of suspected cocaine and so we’re actively investigating this particular drug bust.”

She said two Bahamians, one believed to be 61 and the other 49, have been arrested in connection to the incident.

“As you know, many of the crimes that occur within our country are caused as a result of drugs and firearms and so it is always good when our agencies can collaborate and work together to interdict such drugs from coming into the country,” she said.

For his part, Chief Superintendent Roberto Goodman, the officer in charge of the Drug Enforcement Unit, said police have seen an uptick in cocaine smuggling, but pledged to crack down on drug traffickers.

He said: “We really continue to be relentless in the Drug Enforcement. As long as we get the information, we will be arresting those persons who continue to continue to traffic drugs in our Commonwealth.”

CSP Skippings also appealed to members of the public to work with police in helping to get drugs off the streets.

“Many of our young men’s lives have been spared because of the interdiction and so we need members of the public to understand how important it is for them to collaborate and provide that intelligence to the police department at all times,” she said.

“It is when we intercept drugs that we save lives and we save the lives of our young men in particular that we see being gunned down on the streets daily.”