Dutch military officer arrested with drugs
WILLEMSTAD - A 24-year-old Dutch soldier was arrested by a security guard last Saturday night in possession of cocaine. Then he was handed over to the investigating officers of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. More...
Coast Guard in action
WILLEMSTAD - At the direction of the Rescue & Coordination Center (RCC) of the Coastguard CARIB, a go-fast near Curacao was intercepted by a Metal Shark on Sunday evening, December 9th around 6pm. The go-fast More...
E.A.M.-M. extradited today to USA
WILLEMSTAD - The man E.A.M.-M. (Venezuela, 30 August 1976) was extradited by Curaçao to the United States this morning, Thursday 29 November 2018. He had been in 'extradition detention' in the SDKK prison since More...
Rules for drug possession slightly eased
WILLEMSTAD - For those who have a very small amount of drugs with them, for their personal use only, it will be confiscated and they will receive a warning. They will no longer have to appear in court. This is in More...
Customs detects drugs on Venezuelan fruit boat
WILLEMSTAD - Customs discovered a large amount of marijuana on a Venezuelan fruit boat after a tip this week. The boat sailed in and moored at the Kleine Werf. The drugs were well hidden in the hold below deck and More...
Three extradited criminals returned to Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - The three men who were extradited to the United States last year in February may serve their sentence here on the island. 'Ronchi' Rietwijk, 'Greg' Koeiman and 'Kalala' Felesia were sentenced in the More...
Phone betrays drug mule
WILLEMSTAD - Two Colombians, a Venezuelan and a Curaçao native must serve sentences of 5 to 7 years if it is up to the Public Prosecution Service. On 8 June, the Venezuelan landed illegally with a small boat and More...
Boat with drugs intercepted by the Coast Guard
WILLEMSTAD - Last night around 8:30 the Rescue & Coordination Center of the Coast Guard detected a suspicious object about 22 kilometers south of Daaibooi. The vessel was on its way to Curaçao. From the Parera More...
Detectives lay down their work
WILLEMSTAD - Several detectives from the police force of Curaçao laid down their work yesterday. The reason is the robbery of a large haul of drugs from their own police station. They do not feel safe in their More...
Girigorie: Opposition wants to capitalize on drug robbery
WILLEMSTAD - The opposition is trying to gain political capital from the drug robbery from the Rio Canario police station. This is according to the Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie. It was about 500 kilos of More...
