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August 26th, 2024
UPDATE: Man charged after stop-and-check operation

PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has confirmed the arrest and subsequent charging of a 28-year-old man following an intelligence-led, stop-and-check operation, on Friday, August 23, 2024, which was part of a concerted effort to address recent incidents of public disorder.

August 25th, 2024
3 firearms, large cache of ammo recovered in Purcell Estate; Man on bail arrested

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A man who is out on bail was arrested and three firearms, along with ammunition, were recovered in Purcell Estate on Saturday night, August 24, 2024, when the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) continued its special operation, conducting intelligence-led stop and checks, targeted patrols, and searches in designated hotspots.

April 28th, 2024
USVI: Woman says drugs in luggage was a favour for child's father

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A woman in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) is facing felony drug charges after being nabbed at the airport, allegedly with marijuana and THC paste in her luggage.

March 4th, 2024
UPDATE: Three charged for illegal guns, drugs after police search operation

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force have charged three persons in relation to the firearms, ammunition, and drugs found on Friday, March 1, in Purcell Estate.

February 16th, 2024
Purcell Estate man charged for unlawful possession of controlled drugs

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Police in the Virgin Islands (VI) have indicated that on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, acting on information received, they arrested multiple persons after they intercepted a vehicle in Fish Bay on Tortola and uncovered illegal drugs.

January 23rd, 2024
Police uncover guns, weed & ammo in VG stop & search

SPANISH TOWN, Virgin Gorda, VI – Police in the Virgin Islands (VI) have reported that while conducting a stop and search operation on Virgin Gorda, Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) stopped a vehicle containing three male occupants.

October 31st, 2023
2 charged after drugs found in vehicle @ Fat Hogs Bay

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two young men, including an 18-year-old, are facing drugs and firearm charges, after officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) intercepted a suspicious vehicle after 11:00 PM on October 28, 2023, while on routine patrol in the Fat Hog’s Bay area.

October 30th, 2023
Aleem Fahie slapped with drugs charges following Brandywine Bay operation- Police

BRANDYWINE BAY, Tortola, VI- Police have arrested and charged a man for alleged drug offences, following a search operation in the Brandywine Bay area on October 28, 2023.

August 20th, 2023
UPDATE: Suspected cocaine found on seized aircraft on Anegada- RVIPF

THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI- Large amounts of cocaine have reportedly been discovered on an aircraft that was grounded at Auguste George Airport on Anegada yesterday, August 19, 2023.

February 22nd, 2023
Nyall G. George charged in relation to murder of Kadeem Jimenez

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Officers of the Major Incident Team today, February 22, 2023, charged one male in relation to last December’s murder of Kadeem Jimenez and charged another for firearm, ammunition, and drug offences.

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