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Drug bust in progress in East End; Several arrested

East End Police Station. Reports reaching our News Centre indicate that a drug bust is in progress in East End today, June 18, 2025. Photo: VINO/File
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force has confirmed that a joint marine and land-based operation took place overnight on Monday, June 17, 2025, as part of a coordinated operation. Photo: Team of Reporters
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force has confirmed that a joint marine and land-based operation took place overnight on Monday, June 17, 2025, as part of a coordinated operation. Photo: Team of Reporters
EAST END, Tortola, VI - Reports reaching our News Centre indicate that a drug bust is in progress in East End today, June 18, 2025.

According to senior police sources, it’s a joint operation involving officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), Immigration Department, His Majesty's Customs and "external partners".

The RVIPF has since confirmed that a joint marine and land-based operation took place overnight on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, as part of a coordinated operation involving officers and "assets from the Department of Immigration, His Majesty’s Customs and the RVIPF, as well as from other external law enforcement agencies."

Arrests made

A number of persons have been taken into custody in connection with this operation, the RVIPF disclosed in a statement moments ago.

This joint effort, according to the RVIPF, forms part of ongoing multi-agency initiatives to address cross-border criminal activity and safeguard the Territory.

It said the investigation remains active, and further information will be provided in due course.

28 Responses to “Drug bust in progress in East End; Several arrested”

  • Rubber Duck (18/06/2025, 10:15) Like (13) Dislike (54) Reply
    free the weed free the drew
  • Brad Boynes (18/06/2025, 11:21) Like (34) Dislike (3) Reply
    Good job. Keep the heat on.
  • thank you (18/06/2025, 11:43) Like (15) Dislike (4) Reply
    Keep up the "GOOD" work
    @Rubber Duck,,,, You are and "Idiot" You shoud be deported.
    • Deported where? (18/06/2025, 12:03) Like (9) Dislike (12) Reply
      Imagine being born and raised here and being told you should be deported? You should be the deporting officer.
      • cheese (18/06/2025, 12:42) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
        Almost happen to me place ain't got no birth rights
      • BuzzBvi (18/06/2025, 13:06) Like (7) Dislike (3) Reply
        El Salvador has spaces we should get an agreement. If the US can send Americans there, why not VI. VI don't need people supporting criminals and criminal behaviour.
      • @Deported Where? (18/06/2025, 13:53) Like (3) Dislike (6) Reply
        Your silly A$$ can be Exiled for your ignorance.
  • Lawd (18/06/2025, 11:48) Like (7) Dislike (3) Reply
    Hard times coming boy.
  • Senior native citizen of the British Virgin Islands (18/06/2025, 11:56) Like (3) Dislike (4) Reply
    The root cause of this, and others good-progress-hendering is not being serious enough eing address. Eligal drugs spiking, and other serious crimes will unfortunately continue, until humans comes to to the relization that with repentance from lustful, selfish ambition to community integration under the righteous guidance eyes, and strength of Creator our efforts, as honest as they may hopefully be, will not be sufficient to satisfactory curb the evil passion, and daily corrupted practices of some that are living among us, and their foreign supporters.

    "Let God be true, and every man liar.", by inherited degradation, and personal choices.
    • Dealer (18/06/2025, 13:02) Like (2) Dislike (12) Reply
      There is good evil and evil in good fam, some have no choice but to hit the streets to make a living n feed the family, and even people around them. You don’t know how hard it gets, some been doing it from children and it’s all they know, there is money in this business and they understand it better than you old fools do. Legalise it, let the young set up their business to sell and watch them prosper. You old corrupt n cowardly fools always want a piece, then saying you doing good when you send a man jail because you ain’t getting your piece/bribe all “in the name of good” then have the audacity to mention god in your deeds. There is good in evil and evil in good
  • kk (18/06/2025, 12:27) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    @ lawd you sound like a fool people need to wòrk for what thay want before time there was none of it was hard work people just want to live light and weight heavy
    • LOL (18/06/2025, 17:05) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      You got all that from me saying hard times coming? you're a weirdo
    • Lawd (18/06/2025, 17:38) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      @kk Hard times coming as in hard times for them, yuh moomoo. Comprehension isn't in your skillset I see, you just wanted to reply about something smh
  • John (18/06/2025, 12:47) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    Imagine been born here and been told you have to get a work permit to stay here, set of colonial masterscalling them selfs leaders
  • Pablo Escobar (18/06/2025, 12:48) Like (0) Dislike (4) Reply
    leg a lize it
  • BuzzBvi (18/06/2025, 13:08) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
    When we taking poster boy of drug dealing off the walls in our HOA? They cannot be Honorables if the looking up to criminals.
  • Benefits (18/06/2025, 13:09) Like (0) Dislike (6) Reply
    It is only good for the island that each shipment arrives safely and are so hypocritical where it is known that an island that only lives on tourists needs that money for progress and advancement like the politicians.
  • open wide (18/06/2025, 13:12) Like (2) Dislike (10) Reply
    Always harassing the little man
  • ok but! (18/06/2025, 13:13) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Great job cleaning up the country, but we need government and private sectors to start placing a focus on finding avenues to provide jobs for the people in the community... when the drug money is gone or hard to find, these young children/adults will start finding other ways to "eats". The robbing at gun point and home invasions will start, no one will be safe to walk the streets, similar to other developing countries.

    Stopping the large drug empire is great but we need think about the fall out of that as well, just saying.

    Rebuild the Prospect Reef Hotel- more jobs
    Expand/rebuild the ports of entry- more jobs
    Focus on alternative teaching and learning, develop more avenues to learn skilled hands on trades- more education and jobs.
  • Chalwell? (18/06/2025, 14:37) Like (4) Dislike (3) Reply
    Who get lock up
  • well done (18/06/2025, 15:06) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    To the officers
  • Plot twist (18/06/2025, 15:29) Like (5) Dislike (8) Reply
    Nyron fake his death. Still involved with the lifestyle that build certain people businesses.
  • Drugs running. (18/06/2025, 15:37) Like (5) Dislike (2) Reply
    It takes smart people to smuggle and run drugs..Lots of these people are not smart or build for it...Take the risk. Take what comes with risk and the rich..
  • bvi (18/06/2025, 16:08) Like (0) Dislike (14) Reply
    If they were smart like Bob they won't get caught. Build the drugs into the boat, use coffee, Vaseline etc
  • Real Talk (18/06/2025, 17:30) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    TO (BVI?( HAD BOB BEEN SMART HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALIVE TODAY ONE MAN AGAINST THE WORLD YEA RIGHT ONE DEAD MAN
  • HMMM (18/06/2025, 17:41) Like (0) Dislike (3) Reply
    With out dope aint no hope ....thats a poor mans work .....u aint paying the .money for we to work for u ..so shut.....


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