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Police officers retrieved seven wrapped packages of suspected cocaine from the water by the Road Town ferry terminal on Sunday, according to the Police Information Office. “The packages are being …
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Crime in the Virgin Islands appears to be approaching a dangerous tipping point where the rule of law and the institutions that ensure it are at risk of being overwhelmed. …
Four men face charges after police carried out separate searches on Friday and seized two assault rifles, a “significant amount” of ammunition, and cocaine, police said. Omari Roberts, 27, was …
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In a field next to the Theodolph Faulkner Administration Building, where Anegada’s police force is based, lie two battered engines and the charred tail section of a small Piper airplane …
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Nearly two weeks after seizing an airplane carrying suspected cocaine on Anegada on Aug. 19, police are still refusing to provide details about the incident or to address online reports …
After seizing an airplane carrying a “significant amount” of suspected cocaine on Aug. 19 on Anegada, police released a three-sentence statement about the incident. Then they went quiet. The Aug. …
A federal court in Miami has postponed the sentencing of former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard and her son Kadeem Maynard for the alleged cocaine-smuggling conspiracy that they …
Police officers seized a “large quantity” of cocaine and two boats following a violent marine chase early in the evening of July 19, and they have now made several arrests …
Three Virgin Islanders and a Dominican Republic man were arrested Jan. 9 after United States law enforcement seized roughly 667 kilograms of cocaine from their vessel near St. Croix, according …
After fugitive Jose Almestica was arrested on Dec. 7 and charged with escaping lawful custody following a search at his residence that yielded record quantities of illegal contraband, Director of …
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Stacey Smith, a 43-year-old government security guard, was charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply after police said they seized a cocaine stash worth $19 million …
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Shaun Massicott this month became the second person charged in connection with a seizure of more than 200 kilograms of cocaine on Jan. 19, police announced last Thursday. “During an …
On Sunday afternoon, United States and Virgin Islands law enforcement officers chased a boat from US waters onto a Tortola shore, confiscating a stash of cocaine they said is worth …
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After some 2.3 tonnes of cocaine was seized from a police officer’s property during a Nov. 6 raid at Balsam Ghut, the confiscated drugs were shipped out of the territory …
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Devon Bedford, 32, of Harrigan Estate, was denied bail during a virtual Magistrates’ Court hearing on Jan. 29 after being charged in connection with a Jan. 19 police seizure of …
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At about 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 18, five men, including a Dominican Republic national who had recently travelled from Tortola to St. Thomas, were arrested aboard a vessel in the …
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The recent discovery of the largest cocaine stash in the territory’s history is an appalling wake-up call for the Virgin Islands. Clearly, something is very wrong. The drugs — which …
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On Monday, Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin sentenced two Venezuelan men each to spend seven years in prison in relation to a Sept. 27 police raid at an Anderson Hill residence that …
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A police officer and his brother were arrested in connection to a Friday night raid at a house the policeman has been building in Balsam Ghut, which resulted in the …
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Four Venezuelans appeared in Magistrates’ Court Oct. 12 to face multiple charges stemming from a Sept. 27 raid at Anderson Hill, where police confiscated a loaded gun and 124 kilograms …
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Four Venezuelans appeared in Magistrates’ Court Monday to face multiple charges stemming from a Sept. 27 raid at Anderson Hill, where police confiscated a loaded gun and 124 kilograms of …
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After police executed search war-rants at several Anderson Hill properties early Sunday morning and found 124.36 kilograms of cocaine, six Venezuelans were arrested and charged with crimes, the Police Information …
On Sunday of last week, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force got word of a speed boat being pursued by agents of the United States Coast Guard, a prosecutor said …
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Four men were arrested during a joint operation between police in this territory and authorities in the United States Virgin Islands, resulting in the seizure of 200-300 kilograms of cocaine, …
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Shortly after arriving in Virgin Gorda, a boat containing “a large quantity” of cocaine was searched and seized by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force and Her Majesty’s Customs last …