POLICE IN CAT ISLAND MAKE TWO SEPARATE DRUG
SEIZURES – A MAN AND WOMAN IN CUSTODY
Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2016, Police in Cat Island took a man and a
woman into custody following two separate drug seizures on that Island on Thursday 13th October 2016.
In the first incident, shortly before 2:00pm, police in Cat Island were on routine patrol in Smiths Bay, Cat
Island, when they saw an adult male with a bag in his hand acting suspiciously. The officers conducted a
search of the bag and found one and a half pounds of marijuana. The male was subsequently arrested
and taken into custody.
Then shortly before 3:00pm, police in Cat Island conducted a search of a truck driven by a woman in New
Bight and uncovered four pounds of marijuana. The woman was subsequently arrested and taken into
custody.
DRUGS SEIZED
Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2016, on Wednesday 12th October 2016 shortly
after 10:00am, officers from the Southwestern Division acting on intelligence went to an area in front of a
business establishment located on Carmichael Road, where they uncovered a quantity of marijuana. No
one was arrested for this discovery.
FIREARM SEIZED
Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2016, shortly after 10:00am on Thursday 13th
October 2016, officers from the Mobile Division acting on intelligence, went to an area behind a home
located on McCollough Corner, where they uncovered a .22 rifle. No one was arrested for this discovery.