Crime
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.
USVI man charged for allegedly shooting his brother to death
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A grim familial tragedy unfolded on Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Estate Thomas, St Thomas, when a man was arrested for allegedly shooting his brother dead in broad daylight.
16 firearms & 3 tonnes of cocaine seized by police for 2023- Gov Rankin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Noting the need for every law-abiding citizen to play their part in tackling the drugs trade, Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has said Police have assessed that the four murders committed this year are linked to that trade and/or organised criminal groups.
Three charged in cocaine seizure; arrests made for destroying evidence - Police
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police in the Virgin Islands have charged three persons and arrested several others as it continues inquiries into the cocaine seizure, as well as firearms, boat, and ammunition detained during the operation on Wednesday evening July 19, 2023, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has detailed.
UPDATE: Power boat fire deliberately set to destroy evidence- RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) police today have confirmed that a confiscated vessel in a recent cocaine seizure operation was deliberately set ablaze in an evidence-destroying mission.
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.
Vessel ‘rammed’ police boat ‘on numerous occasions’ injuring officers- CoP Collins
EAST END, Tortola, VI- At least three police officers were seriously injured when the vessel they were in was allegedly ‘rammed’ several times by another vessel attempting to evade interception off East End on July 19, 2023.
UPDATE: 3 arrested, drugs & firearm seized, 2 boats detained following EE boat chase
EAST END, Tortola, VI- A quantity of suspected illegal drugs and a firearm have been recovered and three persons have been arrested in the Police Marine Unit-led operation in waters off East End yesterday evening, July 19, 2023, a story first reported by our news centre.
The VI ‘seems to have at times become a cowboy town’- Hon Mather
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Speaker and Member of the Opposition Hon Stacy Mather (AL) has said it is concerning that gun violence in the Virgin Islands (VI) is not something that is shocking to some people anymore and that the territory at times appears to have become a “cowboy town”.
Woman extradited from US to St Croix on Fraud & Theft Charges
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Tatiana Rodriguez, 38, was extradited from Houston, Texas to the Virgin Islands to face charges related to fraud and grand larceny, the [US] VI Police Department reported Saturday, July 15, 2023.
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