Three packages containing cannabis were intercepted by the Customs Department this week, the department said in a statement.

This week in fact, Customs officials, at the postal office, flagged three packages containing narcotics.

The first derived from the Netherlands. The package was found to contain two half kilo bags of cannabis, with the police conducting a controlled delivery and the perpetrators were arraigned in Court.

The second and third packages consisted of small consignments, both arriving from the United Kingdom.

The two latter cases were handed over to the Police Anti-Drug Squad for further investigation.