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August 18th, 2023
Oleanvine & Kadeem S. Maynard want leniency in drug trafficking case

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Ahead of the sentencing date for former BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Managing Director Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard and her son Kadeem S. Maynard, their defence has appealed to the court to consider leniency and reduced sentence for their clients.

December 3rd, 2018
4 Guyanese plead guilty to 3,769kg cocaine possession

VI CONSORTIUM

ST. CROIX, USVI - United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today, December 3, 2018, that Mohamed Hoseain, age 70, and Richard La Cruz, age 51, both of Guyana, pleaded guilty on November 28, 2018, in federal court to possession of cocaine on board a vessel.

February 8th, 2017
UPDATE: Roberto ‘Tico’ Harrigan also arrested

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mr Roberto ‘Tico’ Harrigan, a former Customs Officer, was also arrested yesterday, February 7, 2017 by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) on the request of the United States Justice Department.

August 5th, 2016
Mapp: Eliminating drug trafficking to reduce violent crimes in USVI

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Government House on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) was the location of the executive board meeting of the Puerto Rico/US Virgin Islands High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program (HIDTA) meeting on Wednesday August , 2016, Government House has made known via press release.

February 10th, 2014
Schapelle Corby: Australian drug trafficker freed from Bali jail

BBC

Convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby has been released on parole after nine years in prison in Bali, Indonesia.

May 20th, 2013
US Virgin Islands Official Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Roberto Tapia, the director of the US Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources Division of Enforcement, was arrested Friday by federal agents on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficing.

April 24th, 2013
UPDATE: One charged, one released in drug investigations

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Of the two men arrested in relation to drug offences by the officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, one was charged and the other was released.

September 10th, 2012
REPORT: Human smuggling, drug trafficking continue to plague Customs Department

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Customs Department has reported a continuing pattern of importations of synthetic drugs, marijuana and cocaine in the territory to meet local demand.

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