Got TIPS or BREAKING NEWS? Please call 1-284-442-8000 direct/can also WhatsApp same number or Email ALL news to:newsvino@outlook.com;                               ads call 1-284-440-6666

Late night high-speed boat chase reported in WE; Shots allegedly fired

- operation included VI & USVI authorities
August 26th, 2024 | Tags: boat chase West End shots helicopter Vessel
The operation last night, August 25, 2024, was done on land and sea. A helicopter was spotted in West End using a spotlight. Photo: Facebook
WEST END, Tortola, VI- Local and US Virgin Islands law enforcement authorities were allegedly engaged in a high-speed boat chase in the West End area of Tortola last night, August 25, 2024.

According to reports, at least one vessel was being pursued around 10:00 PM.

Residents reported of shots fired and a helicopter also used in the operation.

Reports are the boat subsequently ran aground.

It is unclear at this time whether anyone was arrested or injured.

We will provide more details as they come in.

34 Responses to “Late night high-speed boat chase reported in WE; Shots allegedly fired”

  • … (26/08/2024, 07:36) Like (9) Dislike (3) Reply
    Bad and dhark midnight operations
  • de silent one (26/08/2024, 07:52) Like (25) Dislike (1) Reply
    Wow! The activities continue in a dangerous way, there seems to be no stopping. Hope that no innocent got hurt
  • WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN (26/08/2024, 08:07) Like (15) Dislike (1) Reply
    PEOPLE AR GOING SWIMMING WITH THTHE SHARKS OR GET TAKEN OUT "EXECUTION STYLE " / WHEN YOU LOSE THEM CARTELS PROPERTY ,THATS THE KIND OF SIDE EFFECTS THAT FOLLOWS AFTER . SO WE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS / OF WHO'S GORNE MISSING
  • bvibuzz (26/08/2024, 08:15) Like (3) Dislike (59) Reply
    free the weed free the drew
    • Arrion (26/08/2024, 08:52) Like (41) Dislike (3) Reply
      @ bvibuzz. Shut your mouth! Drew is one of the reasons we are in this horrific mess. We must stop all of them who think they can do anything they want on our islands, taking away our PEACE!
      • Arrion (26/08/2024, 19:23) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
        Facts but the problem is bigger that they can address us can stop or curve it virgin Islands wont. Sad reality but crime is a big business you arrest 1 and 15 more set up shop governments globally know the can stop it the more they spend to stop it is the more the criminals will spend to pervent countries from winning. Its ugly but its the world we live in
  • Blindman (26/08/2024, 08:17) Like (37) Dislike (24) Reply
    BVI is really a drug haven we need to have a stronger U.S present and a policy in place failure to stop shot to dismantle vessel governor needs to give the green light for both parties US and BVI authorities.
    • You slow? (26/08/2024, 10:02) Like (13) Dislike (10) Reply
      America in shambles..how them goi g help we?
      • Lets pray without ceasing (26/08/2024, 12:33) Like (14) Dislike (1) Reply
        Right! America provides all the ammunition for the drug trade then tending to want it stop.
    • @ Blindman (26/08/2024, 10:05) Like (15) Dislike (1) Reply
      Agreed somewhat bvi law enforcement need to be enhanced and laws need to be amended to allow the law enforcement agencies locally to execute their duties properly. Send a strong message. You feel safe police arent respected by many. As simple as it may look you werent giving trouble at home if you fear your parents right
      , same rule should apply now if they fear the consequences then crime would be under control.

  • coil white lady (26/08/2024, 08:18) Like (5) Dislike (12) Reply
    LET'S WIAT FOR WIGGE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BLOGGING HER RACIST PISS ON VINO TRYING TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT FROM OUR OPRESSION AND POWER GRAB
  • resident (26/08/2024, 08:25) Like (30) Dislike (8) Reply
    our third pillar is hard at work
  • Larry (26/08/2024, 08:34) Like (25) Dislike (10) Reply
    border security falls under the governor of the territory and the amount of guns & drugs around this place is shameful
  • wild (26/08/2024, 09:46) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    is this the wild Wild West?
  • British Presence (26/08/2024, 10:11) Like (32) Dislike (6) Reply
    We need more British presence here for the border patrol and to help back up the police.
    • You Think? (26/08/2024, 14:22) Like (9) Dislike (16) Reply
      I did not see a single British police taking cover with us last night and firing back last night. I did not see a single British police when we found the guns and did the dangerous work, not a single one was present. Check any of the rum shops in town, west, Nanny Cay or CGB and you will find most of them liming. I know what I am talking about. They are a complete waste of time, but people like you buy into their pretty talk and BS.
      • @You Think (26/08/2024, 16:24) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
        You know what you are talking about? You clearly know nothing? Other than the Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner, and the COI team, there are only 2 British officers working for the RVIPF and neither of them are qualified to carry firearms. Try speaking to one of them, they could teach you a lot.
  • Another drama (26/08/2024, 10:16) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    unfolding this week! Stay tuned!
  • Hum (26/08/2024, 10:33) Like (27) Dislike (3) Reply
    next time shoot until the boat sank
  • great timing (26/08/2024, 11:00) Like (18) Dislike (1) Reply
    Maybe the UN council on decolonization is interested to found out more about our 3rd pillar of the economy?
  • So Mon Pow Err (26/08/2024, 11:12) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    Everyone knows but they won’t tell!
    • Panty (26/08/2024, 15:10) Like (1) Dislike (5) Reply
      You will keep blogging this name why don’t you show yourself a 6x2.5 box would do you good
  • …. (26/08/2024, 11:25) Like (6) Dislike (2) Reply
    Post a pic of the boat let’s get the info rollin…any drugs found… was this a human trafficking operation?, more guns? Hittas on their way in or out?
  • port royal (26/08/2024, 12:30) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    just an informer because the other boat made the way through
  • ... (26/08/2024, 13:17) Like (7) Dislike (23) Reply
    Before we call in the UK or call in the USA we need to realize those countries were made by willful destruction of native peoples, and made profitable by our ancestors slave labour all the while stiffling black people.

    Remember desecration I mean de-segregation, separating black people & white people, in the USA ended in 1964.

    Furthermore the UK & USA are two of the few anglo-saxon nations still engaged in neo-colonialism.

    We need stronger police but we need OUR police not theirs. The many innocents especially people of color like George Floyd, knee on neck, all of that is a part of their continuation of racial persecutuion. In simple terms they dont like blacks and will never allow us to rise up to our full potential.

    Calling in their authority is like putting the chains back on but with padding on the cuffs to make us feel better. Behind the excuse of solving serious crime -which we all want solved- behind that lies the real occupation. The war on drugs is an excuse to militarize police & nullify individual rights & privacy. Besides, they don't really care what we put in our body or they'd be testing the street drugs regularly & issuing public health announcements.



    wiped out the Arawak's & Caribs, native americans are 3rd class in their own nation.
    • hhhmmm (26/08/2024, 15:07) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
      Nice try, Wiggie! You and your ilk are repressing your black brothers from "down island" while you still pander up to the Caucasians. What is this? Colonization in reverse? Reminds me of the slaves back in the day, who purchased their freedom from their white masters and turned around and bought and owned slaves themselves. Stop the hypocrisy!!! We are fed-up of your rhetoric, pushing your tired agenda.
  • Wellsah (26/08/2024, 16:08) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    land of the turtle dove
    thats where the birds fly
    airplanes that drop bales...fly by
    Tola man broke? thats a damn lie
  • ? (26/08/2024, 18:51) Like (0) Dislike (2) Reply
    To all of u all people what is going yhe B.V.I do this not happen all around the world? Is is thousands of people deing in far east i hear any of u all say y the U S nad british don't help them .... and them the killing the poeple qith the weapon them give the country s ....but kmow tall about that .....guest the us british angles.....sick of or people call down or police and so on
  • OhYea (26/08/2024, 18:57) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    why they keep stealing charter man boats
  • Lizzie (26/08/2024, 19:08) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
    This is overbearing now, not sure of the details, but the last chase was drugs related. Is this lifestyle really worth it? As far as I can see, we are losing too much of our love ones senselessly (to this lifestyle) to much of our brilliant young men are being taken away from us prematurely. This is not just affecting us as a small community, it is negatively affecting their families, their love ones ect. Children are becoming parent less because of it .. tell me HOW can it be worth it?
  • Boat stolen (26/08/2024, 19:37) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    Will be the argument.
  • ... @ hhhmmm (26/08/2024, 20:58) Like (0) Dislike (2) Reply
    Its a sad state you are in if this wiggy is living in your mind to the point you see every pro-Caribbean, truthful accounting of history, comment as the big bad wiggy.

    Take a trip to a slave trade museum or something refresh your mind to what humans did & understand the struggle to freedom is not over. We do not make weapons here so who is really to blame. The guns spewing out of America & those they send to war that cycle back into our & the international community is the biggest threat & catalyst to empower crime, much more than some powder drug we arent even interested in consuming as a culture.

    So why dont they arrest themselves for allowing this to happen? Why dont they set up the gun sellers and gun smugglers like they did to Andrew Fahie?

    If the guns were coming from africa you can be sure they would do something.

    We have unelected governor over us like the old times. Sorry Guv you might be a cool guy that role is a remnant of colonialism. The UK has always been responsible for security so why do we demonize our own that this territory is constantly in the news. They need to stop it though Id wager the other folk have weapons and smuggle drugs and not always in the news. In fact it seems they are never caught up.
  • @@hhhmmm (27/08/2024, 07:50) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Speaking of what is occupying one's mind, the slave trade was abolished over 200 years ago. These guys are engaged in illegal acts for profit, pure and simple. Among those illegal acts is people smuggling. Stop blaming others for problems in the BVI.
  • @ HHHMMM (28/08/2024, 09:32) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    YOU HIT THE NERD IN YOUR BLOGG , YHIS DUDE IS RELENTLESS IS HIS PURSUIT OF CREATING RACIST NARRATIVES , DECEPTION IS ONE OF
    HIS HIDDEN AGENDER / AND HE THINKS IS DOING SOMETHING SO
    FANTASTIC OR GOD'S GIFT TO US , LOONS LIKE WE ARE DEALING WITH AN EGOTISTICAL PSYCHO , THAT HAS A PLATFORM TO FLEXX OF HIMSELF JUST TO BE SEEN


Create a comment


Submit comment

Create a comment

Submit comment
Disclaimer: Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) welcomes your thoughts, feedback, views, bloggs and opinions. However, by posting a blogg you are agreeing to post comments or bloggs that are relevant to the topic, and that are not defamatory, liable, obscene, racist, abusive, sexist, anti-Semitic, threatening, hateful or an invasion of privacy. Violators may be excluded permanently from making contributions. Please view our declaimer above this article. We thank you in advance for complying with VINO's policy.

Follow Us On

Disclaimer: All comments posted on Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) are the sole views and opinions of the commentators and or bloggers and do not in anyway represent the views and opinions of the Board of Directors, Management and Staff of Virgin Islands News Online and its parent company.