International cooperation Coast Guard provides drug interception
WILLEMSTAD - During a patrol 100 miles north of Curacao, the Coast Guard Caribbean aircraft, the Dash 8, discovered a so-called go fast. This drug smuggler was cruising at high speed, heading north. After the six-man More...
6,000 kilos of marijuana intercepted during routine inspection
WILLEMSTAD - The Dutch Royal Navy has intercepted 6,000 kilograms of marijuana during a routine inspection in the Caribbean Sea. The drugs were found aboard the fishing boat Caribbean Soul. The boat came from Jamaica More...
Navy wants more partners in Caribbean
WILLEMSTAD - The spectacular joint action between the Dutch and American navies last week, which resulted in an interception of a drug boat, must continue. The brand new Naval Commander in the Caribbean, Commander More...
No joint counter-narcotics Venezuela and Curacao
WILLEMSTAD - "Coast Guard Caribbean and Venezuela do not cooperate in the fight against drugs and the prevention of arms smuggling." This is according to the Dutch Minister of Defense, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert More...
U.S. Coast Guard conducts successful port security audit seminar
WILLEMSTAD - The Maritime Authority of Curacao and the United States Coast Guard International Port Security Program, in cooperation with the Harbormaster, conducted a port security audit seminar February 19-21. Officials More...
Crew rescued after ten days at sea
WILLEMSTAD - The Coast Guard Caribbean (KWCARIB) rescued, in collaboration with the merchant ship Luminous Ace, a boat with four people on board on Wednesday night. The boat appeared to have been floating at sea More...
Coast Guard arrests illegal Venezuelans south of Curacao
WILLEMSTAD - The Coast Guard Caribbean (KWCARIB), in collaboration with the Police Corps Curaçao (KPC) has arrested 2 illegal immigrants on a Yale near Playa Mansaliña in the early hours of January 1. Around 1:00 More...
