ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Crime Prevention Unit of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force is advocating the use of chain locks to reduce the high number of thefts of motor scooters and bicycles now occurring in the Territory.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – This is the arrest blotter from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force for 20-26 June:
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A 13 year old was released on police bail, while two others are now in police custody, following a late night stop/search operation Saturday evening by officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force’s Operation Crackdown Unit.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI. In a show of its international reach, three St. Vincent nationals were extradited to the Virgin Islands last week on charges that they allegedly smuggled more than 60 kilos of cocaine into the BVI on a chartered yacht two years ago, police said.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI. A ceremony, parade, and reception honoured the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II today at the Festival Grounds.
At approximately 1:15AM Saturday morning, a man shot another man in an argument in the East End area.
Police are still conducting a search for a prisoner, who was discovered missing from Her Majesty’s Prison at Balsum Ghut early Monday afternoon.
Following an order for destruction by the Magistrate’s Court, drugs seized over the last year were counted and destroyed early this morning at the Government’s Incinerator Plant at Pockwood Pond.
A joint operation between Customs and the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force has led to the arrest of two men from St. Croix.
Bail of $20,000 signed surety was the grant for Police Constable Dwayne Hill, who was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage.
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