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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : $ 24 million cocaine ...ribNewsNow )...</span>
Antigua's main anti-narcotics force, the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP), along with the Coast Guard, on Monday disclosed it made a major drugs bust that netted close to $24 million worth in cocaine at the weekend. Lloyd Frett, 38, and Luke Joseph, 61, of the British Virgin Islands, who were aboard the vessel on which the cocaine was found, were charged with possession, intent to transfer, being concerned with the supply of cocaine and trafficking of 169.65 kilograms of the class A drug. The Antigua Observer reported that the men will have to face trial in the High Court before a judge and a jury because of the quantity of drugs seized. The Observer was told that the two men were trafficking the contraband on a white 35ft single-masted sailing vessel when it was intercepted on waters on the south-western side of Antigua. The cocaine, which was packaged in five parts, was tightly sealed with duct tape and further placed in "flour bags." The ONDCP said, "It is expected that more arrests may be made as the investigation intensifies," while adding, "the ONDCP continues with its efforts in collaboration and co-operation with other relevant agencies to make the streets of Antigua and Barbuda safer for its citizens, residents and visitors."
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : $ 24 million cocaine ...ribNewsNow )...</span>
Antigua's main anti-narcotics force, the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP), along with the Coast Guard, on Monday disclosed it made a major drugs bust that netted close to $24 million worth in cocaine at the weekend. Lloyd Frett, 38, and Luke Joseph, 61, of the British Virgin Islands, who were aboard the vessel on which the cocaine was found, were charged with possession, intent to transfer, being concerned with the supply of cocaine and trafficking of 169.65 kilograms of the class A drug. The Antigua Observer reported that the men will have to face trial in the High Court before a judge and a jury because of the quantity of drugs seized. The Observer was told that the two men were trafficking the contraband on a white 35ft single-masted sailing vessel when it was intercepted on waters on the south-western side of Antigua. The cocaine, which was packaged in five parts, was tightly sealed with duct tape and further placed in "flour bags." The ONDCP said, "It is expected that more arrests may be made as the investigation intensifies," while adding, "the ONDCP continues with its efforts in collaboration and co-operation with other relevant agencies to make the streets of Antigua and Barbuda safer for its citizens, residents and visitors."