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'This 14-day quarantine ain't making sense!'- Defendant in $30M drug bust
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Lambert Estate resident and certified boat captain Nickel Simon, who was charged with Cryton Browne, along with Wilferedo Lopez Vargas and Hober Morillo Ybarbia from Venezuela, following a $30 million drug bust in October 2019, has spoken out against the Magistrate’s Court policy that mandates that anyone travelling into the territory to conduct face-to-face business at the court must undergo a 14-day quarantine period.
Man arrested following WE drug bust remanded to prison
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The man who was arrested following a high-speed boat chase and drug bust at West End, Tortola on Sunday, April 11, 2021, has been denied bail by Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards.
Duo caught with nearly $1M hauled before court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Today, Friday, June 19, 2020, the duo caught with close to $1M in cash between Jost van Dyke and Smugglers Cove, Tortola, earlier this week was hauled before the court to answer to several charges.
Tambu Frett’s phone records ‘dictates money’ for smuggling operations- court hears
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- WhatsApp conversations appear to show that Tambu Frett of Little Dix Hill in East End, Tortola, may not be as generous as he is professing to be as in the case of Bryan D. Bolan, by giving free rides from the US Virgin Islands (USVI) to the Virgin Islands (British).
Newton hearing in Tambu Frett’s case to go on despite lawyer's opposition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Despite strong objection by defence attorney Mr E. Leroy Jones on behalf of his client, local Tambu Frett, the court will be proceeding to a Newton hearing.
'Newton hearing' in Tambu Frett case as Crown & Defense reach stalemate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The sentencing hearing for Mr Tambu Frett, who previously pleaded guilty to Illegal Entry, Breach of Curfew and Smuggling, was delayed again today, May 1, 2020, in the Magistrate’s Court after the Crown and the Defense could not come to an agreement on a report introduced during mitigation that implicates Mr Frett as a person frequently engaged in smuggling for profit.
'I will send a message of deterrence!'- Tamia N. Richards to curfew breakers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Ms Tamia N. Richards has vowed to send a message to persons like Tambu Frett of Little Dix Hill, East End, who was caught breaking a curfew order put in place due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Bobby’s owner Elton S. Leonard arrested over curfew violation
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Proprietor of Bobby’s Supermarket in the heart of Road Town, Mr Elton S. Leonard, was taken into custody today, April 24, 2020, for allegedly violating curfew orders.
Cordell A. E. O'Neal gets reduced jail time
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Cordell A. E. O'Neal is likely to be at liberty in approximately three years after his seven years, ten months prison sentence was significantly cut in the Court of Appeal on Friday February 3, 2017.
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