Coast Guard intercepts drugs
WILLEMSTAD - The Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard has intercepted a bunch of narcotics on a Venezuela vessel on Monday evening. Six persons aboard were arrested. The boat was detected on the radar of the Rescue and Coordination More...
Police arrest head immigration service at Hato Airport
WILLEMSTAD - The police, together with the Royal Military Police (Marechaussee), arrested the 57-year-old Henky Calmes on suspicion of drug trafficking and bribery. Calmes is head of the Immigration Service at the More...
Customs in Sint Maarten seizes 337 kilos drugs
PHILIPSBURG - Customs officers confiscated approximately 336 kilos of marijuana and one kilo of cocaine during the past week, according to Customs on Thursday. Customs officers at Princess Juliana International More...
Drugs catch
PHILLIPSBURG, WILLEMSTAD - The Dutch Caribbean Coastguard, in close cooperation with the St. Maarten Customs Department, on Saturday seized 101 packages of marijuana with a total weight of 35.67 kilos on board More...
Navy intercepts 700 kilos of cocaine
WILLEMSTAD - The navy ship Zr. Ms. Van Amstel has, in a short time, intercepted two drugs shipments totaling nearly 700 kilos of cocaine in the Caribbean. This was announced by the Ministry of Defense in the Netherlands More...
Duo sentenced; plane confiscated
WILLEMSTAD - M. T. (Turkey, 1965) and E.J.W. (Curaçao, 1974) were sentenced today by the Court of Justice to 6 years in prison for their involvement in the export and possession of 290 kilos of cocaine. The man More...
Eastern Caribbean branded a transit point for drug traffickers by US
The US State Department says the eastern Caribbean hosts abundant transhipment points for illicit narcotics. WASHINGTON – The Eastern Caribbean has been branded a “transit point for drug traffickers going to More...
US Coast Guard makes region’s largest coke bust since 1999
SAN JUAN – The US Coast Guard confiscated 4.2 tons of cocaine last week off the coast of Suriname. Four Guyanese men have been apprehended in connection with the bust that, according to Coast Guard, is the largest More...
Vincentian boat held in record-breaking drug bust at sea
The cocaine had a street value of over us$71.75 million. KINGSTOWN- ,St Vincent & the Grenadines, Thursday March 2, 2017 – Authorities are trying to get to the bottom of how a Vincentian-owned and registered More...
Venezuela’s VP shrugs off US sanctions identifying him as international drug trafficker
CARACAS – Venezuela’s Vice President Tareck El Aissami has dismissed US sanctions identifying him as an international drug kingpin, saying that the move by the Trump administration only deepens his commitment More...
