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May 28th, 2022
Ex-Premier Fahie pleads ‘not guilty’ to US drug, money laundering charges

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Former Premier of the Virgin Islands, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to launder money and import cocaine to the United States, his attorney said on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

May 21st, 2022
USVI Ports Officer charged with intent to distribute cocaine

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St Croix, USVI - A V.I. Port Authority officer allegedly admitted to federal investigators that he agreed to transport a bag containing drugs through the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport because his compensation for doing so would be $50,000.

January 10th, 2022
VI men allegedly nabbed with 667kg of cocaine off St Croix

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced Monday, January 10, 2022, that three [British] Virgin Islands citizens and one citizen of the Dominican Republic were arrested January 9, 2022, on criminal charges related to their alleged possession with intent to distribute 667 kilograms of cocaine on-board a vessel apprehended near St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI).

October 21st, 2021
Man found with cocaine outside home granted $80K bail

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- An employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands, who was allegedly found with $19 million worth of cocaine outside his home, has been dragged before the Magistrate's Court.

October 15th, 2021
Feds make massive cocaine bust in USVI; Multiple persons arrested

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, ST. Thomas, USVI - USVI Federal agents led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Thursday conducted an operation in the Havensight Shopping Mall in the vicinity of the Tap & Still restaurant resulting in the arrest of multiple individuals and confiscation of multiple bricks of cocaine, according to a person with intimate knowledge of the operation.

September 11th, 2021
Is UK corrupt? £160m cocaine haul busted off Plymouth Coast

PLYMOUTH, UK- A massive £160m cocaine haul has been busted off Plymouth Coast, South-West England as part of an operation led by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) and supported by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Border Force.

July 22nd, 2021
Shaun Massicott charged in connection to Hodges Creek cocaine bust

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) today July 22, 2021, announced that a second male, Shaun Massicott, has been charged in connection with a January 2021 operation that resulted in the seizure of over 200 kilos of cocaine at Hodges Creek, Tortola.

April 14th, 2021
‘We are not able to build a wall & ask Mexico to pay for it’- Magistrate

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- "Our borders with the US are porous, and we are not able to build a wall and ask Mexico to pay for it,” stated senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards as she remanded Olicity M. Lanns, 24, to Her Majesty’s Prison yesterday, April 13, 2021.

April 12th, 2021
Hannah’s Estate man charged following drug seizure in West End

WEST END, Tortola, VI – The person arrested following an operation between the Joint Task Force and law enforcement authorities from the US Virgin Islands yesterday, April 11, 2021, has been charged.

April 12th, 2021
998lbs of cocaine reportedly recovered following boat chase

WEST END, Tortola, VI- Our newsroom has been informed by senior police sources that over 450kg of cocaine was recovered from territorial waters after it was dumped from the vessel being pursued by law enforcement authorities from both the Virgin Islands and US Virgin Islands yesterday, Sunday, April 11, 2021.

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