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
A newspaper in St. Kitts reports today that on Wednesday two U.S. passengers who arrived in St. Kitts aboard a cruise ship were arrested by local police for possessing pot.
The U.S. couple from Los Angeles were sailing on the Celebrity Eclipse when ship security was alerted to the possibility of passengers having marijuana in their cabin. Ship security searched the couple’s cabin
Four days ago, I wrote about the absurdity of Bermuda sending in customs agents with sniffer dogs onto cruise ships to conduct lawless searches for pot while the cruise passengers are vacationing ashore. Bermuda engages in warrant-less random searches of unoccupied cabins, without any semblance of probable cause, and will even instruct the cruise line employees
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The Royal Gazette reports on Bermuda busting yet another U.S. cruise ship passenger for possessing a small amount of pot for personal use.
This incident yesterday occurred when Bermuda customs officers brought their sniffer dogs aboard the Norwegian Dawn and busted a Massachusetts passenger for 8 grams of cannabis which was located in a safe in the passenger’s cabin.
Bermuda customs
Bernews reports that Bermuda Customs officials boarded the Norwegian Gem yesterday and search an unoccupied passenger cabin and seized 6 grams of pot.
Magistrate Archie Warner, who we have blogged about before, fined the American cruise passenger $1,000 or 90 days prison if the fine was not paid immediately.
6 grams is less than a 1/4 ounce of pot. Something like 6
Yesterday the Bermuda Sun reported on two additional drugs busts involving both cruise passengers and crewmembers.
The Bermuda Sun reports that yet another cruise passenger was arrested with a small amount of marijuana in his cabin. This arrest involved a 48 year old US tourist who was arrested after Customs officers from Bermuda entered his cabin. The cruise passenger
The cruise industry is struggling with its own form of "reefer madness" over the last month. Here’s what has been happening in the weird world of cruise ship pot heads, dealers and smugglers.
Bermuda Bust No. 1: Earlier this week, customs agents in Bermuda arrested two Royal Caribbean crewmembers for importing cocaine into the islands on a
The cops in Bermuda love to bust American tourists with small amounts of pot, even if the pot never leaves the cruise ship.
In April, I wrote an article about Bermudan customs officers and police who boarded a cruise ship with a drug sniffing dog and found seven homemade cigarettes in the passenger cabin’s safe. The cruise passenger was
The Royal Gazette newspaper reports that the police in Bermuda arrested two American cruise passengers for a small amount of pot and a Taser gun in their cruise ship cabin.
Passengers Virginians Kymberly Taylor and Shayla Reid were sailing aboard Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas. After the cruise ship arrived in Bermuda, police officers boarded the cruise ship
Cruise ships are routinely used by both passengers and crew members to smuggle drugs. Two recent newspaper articles from the Royal Gazette in Bermuda point this out.
Today, the newspaper reports that a passenger aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL) Norwegian Dawn was sentenced to seven years in prison in Bermuda for smuggling 5,048 grams of marijuana, with a street value