CHRISTIANSTED — A Virgin Islands Port Authority officer finally admitted to federal charges after he was caught red-handed smuggling at least 27 pounds of cocaine
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Dominican Man Who Smuggled $20 Million Worth of Cocaine To St. Croix Cops Plea
CHRISTIANSTED — A Dominican Republic national has admitted in federal court to his role in smuggling 1,470 pounds of cocaine in a vessel captured near
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Ecuadorean Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Conspiracy Off The Galapagos Islands
CHRISTIANSTED — A 52-year-old native of Ecuador pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while on board a vessel, U.S. Attorney
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Venezuelan Crew Member Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Smuggling Off St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Venezuelan crew member admitted in federal court to his role in helping transport 90 pounds of cocaine into the waters off
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Fishing Boat Captain Gets 5 Years For Trying To Smuggle 121 Pounds of Cocaine Into St. Croix
CHRISTIANSTED — A Venezuelan fishing boat captain who tried to smuggle 121 pounds of cocaine into St. Croix was given more than five years in
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2 Hapless BVI Cocaine Runners Whose Boat Conked Out Near St. Croix Admit Guilt
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two of four would-be BVI cocaine smugglers who were undone when their cigarette boat stalled out northeast of St. Croix admitted to
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VIPD Joint Task Force Captures California Attempted Murder Suspect In St. Croix
FREDERIKSTED — The DEA-(Drug Enforcement Agency) and HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas) received a request from the Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force in Sacramento,
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3 Venezuelans Off ‘La Gran Tormenta’ Sentenced in St. Croix Cocaine Case
CHRISTIANSTED — Three Venezuelan nationals caught at sea in 2019 off the coast of St. Croix, and charged in connection with a cocaine conspiracy case,
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Sex, Drugs and Reggaeton: One Rogue DEA Agent’s Sordid Tale of Corruption Gone Wild
SAN JUAN (AP) — José Irizarry accepts that he’s known as the most corrupt agent in U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration history, admitting he “became another
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Federal Jury Convicts Man of Conspiring To Ship Opioid-Laced Drugs To St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A federal jury convicted a St. Thomas man of conspiracy to possess and sell the dangerous opioid fentanyl following an investigation into
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