Police in Trinidad and Tobago seize $6 million worth of drugs from a boat

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PORT OF SPAIN (AP) — Police in Trinidad and Tobago said they have confiscated more than $6 million worth of drugs, one of the biggest seizures in the history of the twin-island Caribbean nation.

The seizure included more than 500 pounds (230 kilograms) of marijuana and more than 28 pounds (13 kilograms) of cocaine. Two men who were recently released from prison in an unrelated case were arrested, police said Tuesday.

Authorities said the men were detained in the western point of Tobago on Monday while loading fuel into an unregistered boat, where the drugs were found.

Police said they did not know the origin of the drugs but noted they passed through Trinidad before arriving in Tobago.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.