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August 8th, 2022
USVI authorities seize over $700k from vessel bound for VI

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.

March 25th, 2021
Guyanese woman allegedly attempted to leave VI with over $12K undeclared cash

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Guyanese woman has been arrested and charged for allegedly failing to declare monies to customs while seeking to depart the territory, our newsroom has been informed by senior police sources.

March 20th, 2020
Sentencing stalled for 2 men found with undeclared $$ @ TB Lettsome Airport

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two men caught with a quantity of undeclared cash at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport at Beef Island on separate occasions earlier this month, have both admitted to the offence by pleading guilty in the Magistrate's Court.

March 12th, 2020
‘I made a silly mistake; I’m not a criminal!’- Ugandan caught with undeclared $$

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Ugandan man caught smuggling $23,241 inside his suitcase and footwear at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island on March 5, 2020, has told the court he is not a criminal.

March 11th, 2020
Puerto Rican & Ugandan held @ TB Lettsome Airport with large amounts of $$

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two men – one from Puerto Rico and one from Uganda – were held one day apart at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island with a quantity of undeclared cash.

September 13th, 2019
Australian was held with over $100K @ airport

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo has ordered that the seized monies amounting to US$107,005.24, be returned to the owner, Australian Warwick James Reid.

July 16th, 2017
Trini duo guilty of attempting to smuggle $$ out of VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Rachelle Emrith and Allan Birju pleaded guilty to having a sum of $67,538 which were found in their possession and allegedly obtained as proceeds of criminal conduct.

November 12th, 2015
Man held in St John with ‘undeclared cash’ reportedly brought in by vessel from Tortola

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A man from St Thomas, US Virgin Islands has been charged for allegedly being found in possession of undeclared cash, which he had reportedly received from a vessel that had travelled from Tortola to St John, USVI.

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