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October 6th, 2020
VZ duo claims passports stolen; Overstayed 12 months in VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The two Venezuelans, who were placed before the Magistrate’s Court and fined $1,000 each for overstaying for nearly a year, admitted to remaining in the territory without permission from an immigration officer because a friend reportedly stole their passports.

September 10th, 2020
2 Venezuelans arrested for overstaying time in VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Officers of the Joint Task Force are expressing thanks to members of the public for their role in the success of a recent operation in Road Town, which resulted in two illegal immigrants from Venezuela being detained.

November 1st, 2019
Locals granted $500K bail for $30.9M cocaine bust @ VG

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The two locals charged by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in relation to a major cocaine bust at Virgin Gorda were granted bail in the sum of half a million dollars each when they made a first appearance at the Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, October 31, 2019.

October 30th, 2019
2 locals charged in VG drug bust

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two persons from the Virgin Islands are among four persons charged in relation to the drug bust at Virgin Gorda on Sunday, October 27, 2019.

October 7th, 2019
11 Venezuelans nabbed with 55kg cocaine offshore St Croix

VI CONSORTIUM

ST CROIX, USVI - United States (US) Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today, October 7, 2019, that 11 men claiming to be Venezuelan nationals appeared before Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon for an initial appearance after arrests by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents on the charges of possession of a controlled substance on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

December 18th, 2017
Court Brief: Venezuelans & Ports Authority Staff in trouble with the law

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was a story first and accurately reported by our newsroom on August 29, 2017, that some men were found in a house in Cox Heath with guns and cash in a joint operation by the police and Immigration and Customs Officials, who had swooped down on the men for overstaying their time in the Virgin Islands (VI).

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