Police have launched an investigation to determine how cocaine with a street value of more than one million dollars (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) washed ashore along the coastline of Barbuda over a two day period.
A parcel containing drugs washed ashore along the Barbuda coastline this week.
A statement by the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda said the first discovery was made on August 2, when officers seized a package containing 20 vacuum-sealed parcels near the dock at Coco Point.
It said a second package containing another 20 vacuum-sealed parcels was found the following day along Coco Point Beach and that the combined haul weighed 104 pounds. The police said that the drugs has an estimated street value of EC$1,084,910.
The police said that they have launched a full inquiry into the origin of the drugs and are pursuing all available leads.