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UPDATE: Five on remand, two denied bail for money laundering & drug charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Five men who were allegedly caught laundering money in addition to being found with a substantial amount of cocaine, appeared before the Magistrates Court today, August 13, 2012. The session concluded with the men being remanded to prison until a next court hearing; two applications of bail were also denied by Magistrate Tamia Richards, who presided.
Johnson’s Ghut drug bust: $100K cocaine found in dog food box, $300K bail offered!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The1,000 grammes of cocaine found in the home of a 26 year-old Johnson’s Ghut apartment yesterday April 18, 2012 was discovered in a dog food box hidden insome clothes in a drawer, Senior Crown Counsel Chrsitilyn Benjamin revealed inthe Magistrate’s Court this morning, April 19, 2012.
Exclusive: Sista Joyce holding her head high!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Joycelyn Searles, popularly known as Sista Joyce refuses to “hang her head to the ground” after being charged with cannabis possession, and instead is rearing to go for the Virgin Gorda Calypso completion that is slated for Sunday, April 8, 2012.
St. Lucian allegedly caught with drugs entered VI illegally
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – William Samuel, who is on trial after being caught with allegedly three kilogrammes of cocaine at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport in 2010, admitted to entering the Virgin Islands (VI) illegally when he took the witness stand on Friday, March 30, 2012 in the Magistrate’s Court.
Search warrant leads to cannabis cultivation/drug arrest
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI-On Friday, Police arrested and charged Allister Kendol Browne of Little Dix Hill after a search warrant conducted at his residence resulted in the discovery of an estimated 1.44 kilograms or 3.17 pounds of cannabis.
Bob Hodge, Carlton Beazer change lawyers!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The extradition hearing for the five alleged cocaine traffickers, who are wanted by the Southern District of Florida, United States for conspiracy to import cocaine, has been pushed back until February after two of the defendants have changed counsel.
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