Bridgetown.
The United States is a major shipment point for drugs and guns into Barbados this is the view of recently retired Comptroller of Customs Frank Holder.
According to Holder, drugs were previously smuggled from Barbados to the United States but that has changed.
“Things have changed. Drugs are now coming from the United States with the hydroponic drugs being produced there and shipped here in the barrels which come through Shed 2.
“We have had quite a number of shipments come through Shed 2, not only from the United States but also from Jamaica. Certainly, though, the United States has become a source country for drugs,” he said.
Holder said that while drugs were coming through both ports of entry, the majority have come through the seaport.
