CHARLOTTE AMALIE— A Dominican coke dealer who fled the territory after a beach shootout with federal officers was returned to St. Thomas to face the
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2 Men From Vieques Arrested After Being Stopped On Boat With $100,000 Cash On It
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two Viequensians taking $100,000 cash to St. Thomas on a boat not using operational lights were arrested Monday and charged with smuggling.
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Coast Guard Seizes $15 Million In Illegal Drugs In The Mona Passage
SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard said the crew of the cutter Joseph Tezanos offloaded nearly $15 million in seized cocaine and transferred custody
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Puerto Rico Man With $3.76 Million In Cash On His Boat Pleads Guilty To Smuggling
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rico man faces 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to trying to smuggle 3.76 million in
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Coast Guard Seizes 7 Drug-Smuggling Vessels Near Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic Over 10 days
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations and the Dutch Caribbean coast guard interdicted seven suspected drug
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Boat Captain Pleads Guilty to Smuggling $287,660 Cash Into St. Thomas Near Savana Island
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rican boat captain faces 10 years in prison after a guilty plea to attempting to smuggle about $287,000 cash into
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Puerto Rican Man Who Tried To Smuggle $1.1 Million Cash By Boat To The USVI Gets 3 Years In Prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two Puerto Rican men who tried to smuggle at least $1 million cash into the territory by boat have been given sentences
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3 Dominican Nationals Arrested With 174 Pounds Of Cocaine Near Dorado Beach
SAN JUAN — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Puerto Rico Police Department arrested three illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic and seized
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3 Puerto Rican Men Who Couldn’t Explain $1,128,940 In Cash On Board Vessel Get At Least 2.5 Years In Prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Three Puerto Rican men were handed sentences of at least 2.5 years in prison for having $1.1 million in cash on board
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CPB-AMO Agents Capture 3 Puerto Rican Men With $1.1 Million In Cash On Boat
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Three Puerto Rican men were caught with at least six figures in cash on board a vessel off the coast of a
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