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Large amount of cash allegedly discovered @ Port Purcell
PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI- [Post Time: 2:05pm] Word reaching our newsroom from senior law enforcement officials is that there has been a discovery of a large amount of cash at the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) in Port Purcell, on the main island of Tortola.
UPDATE: 4 Venezuelans charged for gun, ammo & drugs find
ANDERSON HILL, Tortola, VI- Four Venezuelans have been charged for the gun, ammunition and drugs bust by law enforcement authorities while executing warrants at several properties in the Anderson Hill area on Sunday morning, September 27, 2020.
UPDATE: East End robbery victims were tied up with clothing- RVIPF
EAST END, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has confirmed reports of an armed robbery that occurred on Friday, September 18, 2020, in East End, Tortola, and is now seeking the assistance of the public in helping to identify two of the perpetrators.
Jamaican & Venezuelan ordered deported from VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Jamaican convicted of a drug offence and a Venezuelan convicted of firearm and ammunition offences have been ordered deported from the Territory by Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert, who signed the order on June 24, 2020, according to the Virgin Islands Official Gazette on June 26, 2020.
US officials seize $2M thrown in waters off Puerto Rico
VI CONSORTIUM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- US Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Marine Interdiction Agents on Monday, June 15, 2020, seized more than $2 million in undeclared currency found in bags believed to be dumped from a vessel travelling near Vieques, Puerto Rico following a boat chase.
UPDATE: $1M found on boat that allegedly entered VI illegally
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some $1M in cash was allegedly uncovered by law enforcement authorities who intercepted a vessel that entered the Territory illegally on June 16, 2020.
4 arrested & released following ammo find on JvD
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Where are the guns for a large cache of ammunition found at a home on Jost van Dyke is a question on the minds of investigators on the sister island.
Burglars cut open safe of Baughers Bay business; $$ stolen
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- A business establishment on Tortola is counting its losses after burglars made off with cash by breaking into a safe sometime between May 25 and May 26, 2020.
PHOTO of the Day: Restaurant sends notice to thieves
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With at least three armed robberies reported in the Virgin Islands within a week, one restaurant has put robbers on early notice that they would be wasting their time trying to execute a robbery there.
Cash & jewelry taken in early morning robbery in Long Bush
LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI- Police are on the hunt for a male who carried out an armed robbery on two persons around 2:30 am today, Monday February 24, 2020 in Long Bush, in the capital Road Town.