Police on Grand Bahama have launched n investigation into the recovery of over $3.5 million worth of cocaine in Grand Bahama

Police on Grand Bahama have launched n investigation into the recovery of over $3.5 million worth of cocaine in Grand Bahama on Sunday afternoon. According to Chief Superintendent of Police Basil Rahming, Drug Enforcement Unit officers seized the contraband shortly after it arrived at the Freeport Container Port.He said a team of Interdiction Officers acted on information they received when they went to the Freeport Container Port around 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, where they commenced inquiries.Supt. Rahming said that while inspecting the contents of a 40 ft metal container that had just been off-loaded onto the storage bay, the officers discovered three large black duffle bags that were concealed among a shipment of sugar.These suspicious bags were retrieved and taken to the DEU headquarters, where,upon inspection, they were found to contain a total of one hundred and twenty-eight (128) kilos of cocaine, that have an estimated street value of three and one half (3.5) million dollars he said.Supt. Rahming reported that the concealed narcotics had just arrived at the Container Port aboard the MSC Peru, that was inbound from Buenaventura, Colombia and it's cargo of containers were in transit to Port Au Prince, Haiti.The captain and crew of the vessel were interviewed, but no arrests were made he said. The seized contraband have since been flown to New Providence aboard an 'Operation Bat' helicopter, where DEU officials will be continuing the investigation, along with International Law Enforcement agencies he reported.