The Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office (MDSO) arrested five men on various drug charges on Sunday, February 1, 2026. The men were arrested prior to boarding Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas, which was hosting an Atlantis Events cruise from February 1 to February 8.
Detection dogs at PortMiami flagged the men’s luggage for suspected
According to a local news station in Houston, Texas, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Galveston found drugs while performing a baggage examination of a cruise passenger following the return of a cruise ship to the Port of Galveston Cruise Port on April 20th.
While checking the baggage, CBP officers reportedly found several
Thrillist recently published an article about two passengers arrested on the Norwegian Joy with 112 plastic baggies of pot, totaling approximately 160 pounds, at the beginning of a cruise from Miami to Southampton.
According to the
Atlantis Events advertises its upcoming “Largest Gay Cruise in History” aboard the “incredible Harmony of the Seas” as the “most outrageously fun cruise Atlantis has ever created! . . . a star-studded festival of pure fun and excitement unlike anything you’ve ever imagined.” Scheduled for February 4th to 12th, the cruise promises “8 fabulous
Brazilian law enforcement agencies arrested six people and confiscated 30 kilos of cocaine at the port of Santos, Brazil, according to the Brazilian news outlet G1 / Globo. The drug smugglers, five Brazilians and one Argentinian, were arrested at the cruise terminal in Santos, attempting to board the Costa 
Diadema (photo top) which was
Today, Crew Center reported that police at the French port of Marseille arrested two passengers aboard the MSC Seaside cruise ship who were carrying 12 kilos of cocaine in their luggage. This is the second drug bust on the MSC Seaside during its transatlantic cruise from Brazil. Previously, Spanish authorities arrested ten passengers who disembarked
Today, we received word that a guest attending the Atlantis Events cruise aboard the Oasis of the Sea died Monday night as the Royal Caribbean cruise ship was heading to Mexico. This afternoon, reporter Chris Wiggins tweeted news of the death. He also reported on several “Code Alpha” (medical emergency) announcements broadcast on the ship.
Newspapers in Brazil are reporting that yesterday the federal police arrested sixteen passengers aboard the Costa Favolosa cruise ship who were reportedly carrying 300 kilos of cocaine in their luggage.
The Costa cruise ship was in the port in Santos, Brazil, on the coast of São Paulo, en route to 
Europe. The newspapers reported
The local police in Madeira arrested a dozen people after the police boarded a cruise ship at port in Funchal for involvement in smuggling cocaine weighing around 18 kilograms and worth two million pounds (£) aboard a cruise ship operated by MSC. The police were assisted by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA).
The police detained
Two men reportedly trying to board the Allure of the Seas at PortMiami on Sunday were arrested by federal agents for possession of a large quantity of drugs which they were intending to sell on the cruise ship.
Local 10 News reports that a Homeland Security special agent intercepted emails from the government-issued computer of
Acting on a tip, Mexican authorities reportedly discovered an undisclosed amount of cocaine aboard the MSC Divina while the cruise ship was in port in Cozumel, Mexico.
According to the Riviera Maya News, Mexican federal agents located six packets of cocaine inside of a 
compartment behind a toilet in an undisclosed location on the
An Oceania crew member was arrested at Port of Miami for smuggling cocaine (intentionally importing a controlled substance) when the Riviera called at port in Miami on January 2, 2019.
The Miami Herald reports and a review of the Homeland Security officer’s affidavit reveals) that Wilford Thobourne exited the Oceania cruise ship via the crew
Two British passengers, aged 70 and 72, were arrested on a cruise ship returning to Europe from the Caribbean after the ship docked at the cruise terminal in Lisbon, Portugal.
Portuguese police stated that the couple were arrested with a large amount of cocaine concealed in suitcases in their cruise ship cabin, according to the
Last week, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested seven MSC crew members for smuggling cocaine into the port of Miami aboard the MSC Seaside, according to crew members wishing to remain anonymous.
On Saturday, November 17, 2018, CBP officers boarded the MSC Seaside after it arrived at the port of Miami and
A cruise passenger was arrested by the police in the Cayman Islands last Wednesday on suspicion of assault and possession of marijuana, according to the press in the Caymans.
The Cayman News Service reported that a 37-year-old man from the United States was arrested on an unidentified cruise ship before being rushed to hospital where
Last year, Royal Caribbean Cruises agreed with the producers of a reality television show called “Shipmates” to use the cruise line’s Vision of the Seas in the filming of the program. Channel 4 TV in the UK used the Vision as the setting for what the producers describe as a “party-fueled luxury cruise ship” sailing
Newspapers in the U.K. are reporting that a cruise ship passenger, who used a cruise in the Caribbean last fall as a cover to smuggle cocaine, has been jailed.
The cruise in question occurred last October (of 2017) and apparently involved the P&O Arcadia.
BBC News reports that a 55 year old British citizen was
The Mexican state of Quintana Roo, Mexico is situated on the Yucatán Peninsula of the country, west of Cuba. It consists of the resort city of Cancún on the Northeast of the Pennisula on the Caribbean coast, with Playa del Carmen and Tulum to its south which offer beautiful sandy beaches and seaside Mayan ruins,
