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May 3rd, 2024
Anegada aircraft & cocaine seizure in August was a US operation- Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A major drug bust on August 19, 2023, which resulted in Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) seizing a Cessna aircraft and over 800 kilograms of cocaine on the sister of Anegada was a United States (US) led Operation, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has disclosed.

January 24th, 2024
4 arrested in relation to armed robbery on VG; Granted station bail

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Four persons, including a 17-year-old male, have been charged in relation to an armed robbery on Virgin Gorda.

January 19th, 2024
UPDATE: Armed robbery of school child allegedly led to drug bust on VG

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- An armed robbery of a male high school student on Virgin Gorda on Thursday, January 18, 2024, led to the discovery of 2 firearms and marijuana and the arrest of several persons at a location on the sister island.

December 5th, 2023
HM Customs makes drug bust @ Purcell facility

PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that the HM Customs Department of the Virgin Islands (VI) has reportedly uncovered a significant amount of cannabis at Port Purcell.

September 1st, 2023
Anegada aircraft seizure: 800kg of cocaine confiscated- RVIPF

THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI- Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are actively conducting investigations into the recent drug seizure on Anegada.

July 25th, 2023
Police reportedly continue to make arrests in relation to latest drug bust

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information reaching our newsroom is that the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is continuing to make arrests as the investigation progresses into the seizure of cocaine and firearm and the detention of two vessels at East End on July 19, 2023.

July 21st, 2023
None of 6 persons arrested in drug bust near Anguilla are from VI- CoP

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- None of the six persons arrested in a drug bust in Anguillan waters on July 7, 2023, are from the [British] Virgin Islands, Commissioner of Police Mark Collins has confirmed.

July 14th, 2023
Governor meets officers involved in drug seizure operation off Anguilla

PROSPECT REEF, Tortola, VI- Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has met the six Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Officers involved in an operation that led to the seizure of drugs and the arrest of 6 persons off Anguilla on Friday, July 7, 2023.

July 8th, 2023
UPDATE: Six nabbed, two boats detained in cocaine bust near Anguilla

SANDY GROUND, Anguilla – Hours after Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) reported of an international drug bust operation in collaboration with officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), police this afternoon have confirmed the operation.

March 2nd, 2023
Over 1000 kilos of cocaine worth $23M seized from vessel South of Puerto Rico

VI CONSORTIUM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Two people from the Dominican Republic and one from Venezuela were arrested at the beginning of the week, when US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents intercepted a vessel south of Caja de Muerto, an island 8 miles off Puerto Rico’s south coast.

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