ORANJESTAD – On Friday, the 19th of January, around 4:05 PM, an 18-year-old woman with initials T.I.L.A.T. and a 25-year-old man with initials D.A.M.V.C. were arrested at the port at Gallows Bay in St. Eustatius for violation of the BES Opium Act. 

A large plastic bag with suspected narcotics as contents was found in the suspect’s suitcase after a Customs inspection. 

The plastic bag was wrapped and concealed in a breakfast cereal box. The plastic bag with the suspected narcotics as contents was seized.