Cruising and "pot" don't mix: leave the drugs at home!

Although it might seem obvious, some unlucky people missed the memo: don't take your recreational drugs with you on vacation. Two passengers aboard Carnival Valor learned this the hard way when they were detained overnight last week in Grand Cayman for importing ganja. The pair of men in their twenties had purchased the drug in Miami and stored it in their cabin safe.

Authorities were alerted by drug-sniffing dogs at the dock when the Valor's passengers disembarked. Although the passengers had no drugs on their persons, the scent of their clothing gave them away to Detective Fido's sensitive nose nonetheless.

The men may have compounded their error by admitting having marijuana onboard, thus prompting the authorities to search their stateroom. After their night in the clink, they pled guilty, apologized to the court, and claimed ignorance that it was an offense to bring marijuana within 12 miles of Cayman's shore. In addition to their night in jail, the duo missed their ship's departure, and were fined $1,000 each... which to add insult to injury required a trip to the ATM. Some vacation!