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...
Seychelles and Curaçao agree to conclude a Customs Cooperation Agreement
WILLEMSTAD - Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Barry Faure, and Principal Secretary of Trade, Ms. Cillia Mangroo of Seychelles, concluded a two-day official mission in Curaçao geared specifically More...
Remarkable find customs Schiphol on flight from Curaçao
SCHIPHOL - Customs at Schiphol has made a strange discovery with a traveler from Curaçao. He had an arty tobacco pipe, with a knife in it. The head of the pipe can be taken apart, making it suddenly a stabbing More...
First technical consultation between the Kingdom and Venezuela on intensifying customs cooperation
WILLEMSTAD - The customs cooperation between Venezuela, Curaçao, Aruba and the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire) will be intensified. This should primarily lead to the prevention of possible smuggling practices and More...
Curacao and Venezuela Customs to discuss cooperation
WILLEMSTAD - The customs of both Curaçao and Venezuela will meet this week to discuss the improvement of cooperation between the two countries. According to a source, representatives of the Aruba and Bonaire customs More...
First fruit boats arrived after a month and a half
WILLEMSTAD - Early this morning the first fruit boats from Venezuela arrived in Willemstad. One of them, the Margot, sailed as the first boat after a month and a half and is soon it will be followed by more of these More...
Curaçao is using Viagra on a massive scale
WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao is using Viagra on a massive scale. That is according to a report from the Customs Services. Last year nearly 20,000 pills were intercepted. The counter now stands at more than 7000 after the More...
Coast Guard intercepts Venezuelan shrimp
WILLEMSTAD - The Coast Guard intercepted a Curaçao boat with 33 crates of shrimp on board. It is suspected that the 'Don Martin' took over the cargo from a smuggler boat that met it halfway through Venezuela. Upon More...
Public Prosecution and Customs to tackle counterfeit goods
WILLEMSTAD - Over the past few years, the Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) Curaçao, in consultation and in cooperation with Customs Curaçao, conducted a number of large-scale actions against individuals and companies More...
Weapon found on fruit boat
WILLEMSTAD - During a routine inspection on an incoming fruit boat, customs officers found a firearm. It was well hidden in the boat. The captain was arrested. The police think that the weapon had a destination More...
