HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A 50-year-old man faces felony drug trafficking charges after federal and local authorities seized hundreds of prescription pills and nearly $27,000 in cash from his luggage following a cruise trip, officials announced.
Brandan Swan was taken into custody on October 10 in Orange County, Florida, on an active warrant stemming from a joint investigation by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Opioid Overdose Investigations Section and the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Maritime Task Force.
The incident began on March 19, 2026, when Swan stepped off a cruise ship returning to Port Tampa Bay from Cozumel, Mexico. Ship crew members noticed Swan was heavily intoxicated and called for medical assistance…