Around 10:30am Sunday, officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) executed a warrant on a home in the Sandilands Village area where they discovered eight kilos of cocaine and two and a half pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value in excess of $120,000, police said.
This latest incident followed a similar incident that led to the arrest of a 22-year-old man.
In that case, police said they discovered nine plastic bags containing a substance believed to be marijuana.
Police said the drugs weighed in excess of 43 pounds and had a street value of more than $43,000.
In other news from the crime beat:
The countryﾒs 37th homicide victim was identified as Hosea Lightbourne, a Coral Harbour resident.
Police said Lightbourne was shot multiple times while walking through the Bain Town area around 3:45pm Saturday.
Reports indicate that police have since arrested at least one suspect, who was attempting to leave the country for Miami, Florida.
Active police investigations were ongoing into the matter.
By: Macushla N. Pinder, The Bahama Journal
