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Passenger Hauled off Cruise Ship in Bermuda for Possessing Marijuana

Published Jan 11, 2011 9:47 AM by The Maritime Executive

A cruise ship passenger reportedly has been hauled off a vessel in Bermuda for allegedly arriving in the country with marijuana.

George Koumoulis, 37, of Abingdon, Md., was removed from the Norwegian Dawn on July 22 after police found 7.66 grams of marijuana
in his cabin.

On Tuesday a judge in Bermuda sentenced the cruiser to pay a $1,500 fine.

Bermuda is known for its strict laws on drug possession, as well as for using drug-sniffing dogs to search for illegal substances on cruise ships, and its police force has made several arrests of cruise ship passengers in recent years.