Drug Abuse in the Global Village
Drug Abuse in the Americas

Drug Seizures in the Caribbean

BAHAMAS
The government initiated several measures in mid 1987 to intensify efforts to suppress illicit traffic of marijuana and cocaine transiting the country. The 5.58 metric tonnes of cocaine seized in 1989 was a 42 per cent reduction from the 9.35 metric tonnes seized in 1988. The 2.53 metric tonnes seized in 1990 was 54 per cent less than the amount seized in 1989, and the seizure of 3.62 metric tonnes in 1991 was a 30 per cent increase over the 2.53 metric tonnes seized in 1990, but below the record 10.4 metric tonnes seized in 1987 (Country Statement 1992).

            From 1983 through 1987, seizures of cannabis which was transiting the Bahamas averaged 104 metric tonnes, whereas from 1988 through 1991, they averaged 3 metric tonnes (Country Statement 1992).

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
            The quantity of cannabis herb seized decreased from 498.191 kg in 1990 to 16.798 kg in 1991. A decrease was also reported in the quantity of cocaine (base and salts) seized, from 2,588.000 kg in 1990 down to 1,714.164 in 1991 (Other 1990, 1991).

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES