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January 27, 2025

EDITORIAL: Community must say no to gangs

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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by BVI Beacon
July 18, 2024

Cops warn of surge in vehicle thefts

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 …

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by BVI Beacon
January 22, 2024

EDITORIAL: Police should name the senior public official they charged

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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by BVI Beacon
September 8, 2023

800 kilos of coke seized with plane, cops say

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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by FREEMAN ROGERS
anegada airport
June 1, 2023

Trio charged for guns after Spooners searches

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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by FREEMAN ROGERS
May 23, 2022

EDITORIAL: Are local arrests next?

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 …

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by BVI Beacon
April 29, 2022

Criminal complaint details claims against premier, port boss [FULL COMPLAINT]

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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by FREEMAN ROGERS
July 4, 2018

Arrests made in two robberies

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 …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
March 15, 2018

Police arrest two suspects in double murder

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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by Amanda Ulrich

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