Bermuda's strict stance on importing drugs has hit the travel pages of USA Today.

Last week the newspaper noted two recent arrests of tourists arriving on the Island by cruise ship with marijuana in their rooms.

Last Wednesday Patrick Gallo, 27, of New York was arrested on Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas after Police found 2.5 grams of cannabis in his cabin. He was fined $1,500 at Magistrates' Court.

In mid-July George Koumoulis, 37, of Maryland was removed from the Norwegian Dawn after Police found 7.66 grams of cannabis in his cabin. He, too, was found guilty and sentenced to pay a $1,500 fine. The American newspaper added: "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 drug-related arrests of cruise ship passengers in recent years — sometimes holding them for days on the Island.

"Two such arrests over the course of just a few weeks, however, is rare."

The article received more than 30 comments, with some threatening to boycott the Island because of its zero-tolerance policy while others applauded it.

The story also made it on popular news website Huffington Post.