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14 years for VIPD Officer for drug trafficking
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The letters of police officers, family members and friends pleading to the Miami District Court asking for leniency for Teshawn Adams, the US Virgin Islands (USVI) Police Officer and National Guard member who federal prosecutors said was at the centre of a multi-million dollar cocaine operation, did not sway Judge Paul Huck from handing down a 14-year prison sentence to Adams on Monday, October 5, 2021.
RVIPF charges one of its officers for alleged drug offences
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Police yesterday, July 29, 2021, charged suspended Sergeant Troy St Helen of Jennings Hill for possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply and being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug.
Crime in the BVI
By Dickson C. Igwe
The Virgin Islands is threatened by a seemingly irreversible criminal culture. Is there hope that it will be reversed?
Rising drug, gun, and gang crime, threatens to destroy the Virgin Islands community.
Noticeable ‘uptick of drug use’ in VI youths - Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – ‘Honestly Speaking’ radio moderator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline says in the Virgin Islands (VI) there is an uptick of drug use in local youths that has now become highly noticeable in the community.
Brits caught transporting £200K cocaine to UK! Country corrupt?
LONDON, UK – More drug busts continue to surface in the United Kingdom (UK), yet the country has not been labelled as corrupt by the UK Press and other high-profile government officials over the drug busts.
No systemic corruption in VI! Premier says Governor’s statements ‘irresponsible’
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has lashed out at recent statements made by outgoing Governor, H.E. Augustus J.U. Jaspert, that in the Virgin Islands (VI), there are pockets of corruption facilitating crime.
PAID ARTICLE: Protect yourself from fraud during this pandemic & always
By Banco Popular
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, we are seeing “new stories” popping up in an attempt to defraud people and take their money or confidential information in a fraudulent manner.
21 traffic tickets; 7 bikes seized, 4 held for drugs in October 'stop & search'- RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Stop and search operations by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in October 2020 alone have so far yielded 21 traffic related tickets, seven confiscated bikes and four arrests on drug possession charges, the RVIPF has reported.
UPDATE: 4 Venezuelans charged for gun, ammo & drugs find
ANDERSON HILL, Tortola, VI- Four Venezuelans have been charged for the gun, ammunition and drugs bust by law enforcement authorities while executing warrants at several properties in the Anderson Hill area on Sunday morning, September 27, 2020.
Jamaican & Venezuelan ordered deported from VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Jamaican convicted of a drug offence and a Venezuelan convicted of firearm and ammunition offences have been ordered deported from the Territory by Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert, who signed the order on June 24, 2020, according to the Virgin Islands Official Gazette on June 26, 2020.
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