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USVI authorities seize over $700k from vessel bound for VI

- vessel came from Puerto Rico but stopped in St Croix to offload cargo
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in the US Virgin Islands reportedly found and confiscated over $700,000 of undeclared cash on a vessel in Gallows Bay, St Croix on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Photo: VI Consortium
CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI- Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) reportedly found and confiscated over $700,000 of undeclared cash on a vessel in Gallows Bay, Christiansted, St Croix on Thursday, August 4, 2022.

According to reports, the vessel originated from Puerto Rico and was en route to the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) but stopped in Gallows Bay to offload cargo bound for St Croix.

According to VI Consortium today, August 8, 2022, once at the port, CBP officials conducted a routine search of the vessel and found the undeclared cash.

It said CBP has not issued a release on the matter.

Thursday's finding was not the first of its kind in the US territory. In August 2020, CBP officers seized undeclared currency totaling $27 million found inside boxes bound to St Thomas on Norma H.

28 Responses to “USVI authorities seize over $700k from vessel bound for VI”

  • smh (08/08/2022, 07:56) Like (49) Dislike (5) Reply
    The funding to fund certain people lifestyle that looks legit was stop by the USVI authorities. That’s good.
  • Babylon (08/08/2022, 08:02) Like (43) Dislike (2) Reply
    That amount sounds familiar
  • DEA (08/08/2022, 08:03) Like (38) Dislike (14) Reply
    Must be the cash the Ex-Hon Andrew had touched in Opa Locka????
  • Eagle Eye (08/08/2022, 08:08) Like (33) Dislike (7) Reply
    The governments systems is the biggest thief's and going on as if they are straight.
  • rubber duck (08/08/2022, 08:10) Like (9) Dislike (19) Reply
    Dred how man going eat bvi in trouble again only the poor getting licks
    • The TRUTH (08/08/2022, 10:49) Like (33) Dislike (3) Reply
      Get a job, earn a honest wage and live within your means. How about that?
  • Hoover (08/08/2022, 08:14) Like (27) Dislike (2) Reply
    Andy singing.
    • Arrion (08/08/2022, 17:13) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
      Singing, Swing Low, sweet chariot coming for to carry me home, but not to the BVI.
  • @DEA (08/08/2022, 08:25) Like (15) Dislike (1) Reply
    I would have preferred a laugh emoji but there's none! That's funny!!Lol
  • bad for business (08/08/2022, 09:17) Like (10) Dislike (23) Reply
    STX is killing the BVI's economy because they confiscated 28 million dollars of ours
  • 999 (08/08/2022, 09:22) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply
    the DEA have good control on money and dope globally these chaps have full access to cash or any control substance you shopping for
  • h**** coach (08/08/2022, 09:28) Like (18) Dislike (1) Reply

    curses, foiled again

  • touch d money (08/08/2022, 10:06) Like (4) Dislike (4) Reply
    st.croix eating our food
  • ... (08/08/2022, 10:12) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    da stx route hot for min
  • BVI Future (08/08/2022, 12:23) Like (12) Dislike (2) Reply
    How was this money packed that CBP knew it was headed to the BVI? Was there a name on the package or did the package just say BVI? If there was a name, then the USVI and the BVI government know who the $700,000 belongs to.
    • Government Official #1 (08/08/2022, 13:12) Like (13) Dislike (2) Reply
      That's my money! They better give it back so I can retire in style!
      • F*** & M****d (08/08/2022, 14:36) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply

        That wasn't the amount they were suppose to get. Well the US DEA tchange their mind and send it for them..

    • @BVI Future (08/08/2022, 13:24) Like (17) Dislike (0) Reply
      Job 1: Read
      Job 2: Comprehend
      They said the vessel was headed to the BVI. The funds were on the vessel.
      • Dodo (08/08/2022, 14:56) Like (5) Dislike (4) Reply
        You really believe everything they tell you on a news site. Do you think the vessel was staying BVI. From BVI where else was it going. Don’t act like you have all the answers.
      • Read (13/08/2022, 07:27) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        Obviously u didn't read and comprehend either
    • tola yute (13/08/2022, 07:24) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Smart move to the head of the class... and even if a name was on it why not let it continue on and track it to see who collects it..
  • Whoops (08/08/2022, 14:24) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    Head Coach screwed again ! LMAO
    • Traveler (09/08/2022, 08:42) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Bait for BVI Government Official #1?

      Those CBP guys in St. Croix probably were not informed that they should leave that particular package alone.
  • The economy will suffer. (08/08/2022, 14:33) Like (5) Dislike (4) Reply
    Imagine what good that can do for the economy of the USVI and BVI..Don't worry another 3 ton of better quality pass on the other side..
  • @BVI Future (08/08/2022, 15:28) Like (1) Dislike (3) Reply
    I read and comprehend. So are you saying the money was in a box with the label BVI without a person's name or address. Maybe I should have clarified that with a population of 30,000 just in Tortola, the money was coming to someone in the BVI. Why don't you try sending a box to St. Thomas via a boat with the label, St. Thomas USVI and see what happens.
    • @BVI Future (09/08/2022, 07:11) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      The captain or someone else who works on the vessel knows who the money is for.
  • Norris Turnbull (09/08/2022, 20:54) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    If it was 7 aliens they would have push them in bvi waters. Bastards.


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