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The recent rash of violence across Tortola should serve as a wake-up call to police, policymakers and other residents to work together to tackle gang activity and other crime in …
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Police are warning residents to take precautions amid a recent surge in vehicle thefts. During the two-month period leading up to July 11, police said, they investigated eight reports of …
At a time when public trust in the Virgin Islands government has been deeply shaken, public officials at all levels must do everything they can to help restore it. This …
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When police seized a Cessna airplane on Anegada on Aug. 19, they also seized more than 800 kilograms of cocaine, the Police Information Office announced in a Sept. 1 update …
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Police arrested five people on May 25 after searching two homes in Spooners Estate and allegedly finding four guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Three of the five detainees …
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The United States’ criminal complaint against former premier Andrew Fahie painted a disturbing picture of an international drug trade that flourished in the Virgin Islands with the help of bad …
Premier Andrew Fahie and BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard have been accused of agreeing to allow cocaine to pass through Tortola ports in exchange for a percentage of …
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Two people have been arrested in connection with recent robberies, police said. Donald Hanley, of The Valley, Virgin Gorda, was charged with robbery after he allegedly approached a woman on …
Two men were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of murder in relation to the February killing of Clevaughn Sweeney and Michael Stevens, police said. Though police did not release much …
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