This spring I wrote a couple of articles about cruise passengers getting busted in Nassau for small amounts of pot.
In April, I wrote about seven passengers from various cruise ships who were arrested for possessing one or a few marijuana cigarettes. In several cases of those arrested, the Bahamian customs officer boarded the
Reefer madness, Belize style. So you’re a young cruise passenger wanting to get high while visiting some of the ports you visit. Certainly no one in a third world place like Belize will hassle you, right?
Wrong.
Consider the following news reports from Belize regarding the consequences of cruise passengers choosing to either buy pot or bring a few
U.S. customs agents in Miami arrested rapper "Big Boi," of the hip-hop duo "OutKast," on drug possession charges as he disembarked a cruise ship.
TMZ reports that Big Boi (real name Antwan Patton), had "ecstasy pills, MDMA powder and Viagra" in his luggage as he was leaving the unidentified cruise ship after it returned to the Port of Miami.
It apparently is a felony