CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Coast Guard is currently assessing the territory’s ports, Government House said. The ports are tentatively scheduled to reopen at noon
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Mexican And Ecuadorian Face 10 Years To Life For Smuggling 3,384 Pounds Of Cocaine Into Caribbean
CHARLOTTE AMALIE –– A Mexican national and an Ecuadorian national each pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle 3,384 pounds of cocaine into the region just
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GITTENS: Time For DPNR To Remove Boats In C’sted Harbor Sunk By Bad Weather
CHRISTIANSTED — Citing concerns about public safety, Senator Kenneth Gittens has requested that the Department of Planning & Natural Resources take immediate steps to remove partially sunken
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Colombian Native Found Guilty By Jury Of Smuggling 1,307 Pounds Of Marijuana
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The second of two men arrested for attempting to smuggle more than 1,307 pounds of marijuana by boat into the region has
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Costa Rican Boat Captain Admits He Was Paid $60K To Bring 1,307 Pounds Of Marijuana
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A native of Costa Rica admitted in federal court that he captained a vessel that tried to introduce at least 1,307 pounds
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Coast Guard Nabs 14 Haitian Migrants, One Dominican Migrant And One Suspected Smuggler Off Florida Beach
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard interdicted 14 Haitian migrants a Dominican migrant and a suspected smuggler Wednesday 12 miles east of Boynton Beach. Coast
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Four Drug Smugglers Arraigned On Charges Of Bringing 3,384 Pounds Of Cocaine To Region
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Three South Americans and one Central American were charged in federal court today with drug smuggling in Caribbean waters patrolled by the
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MARITIME REPORT: Two Coastal Shipping Vessels ‘Abandoned’ and ‘Adrift’ In Caribbean Waters
MIAMI — Two shipping vessels have been reported “abandoned” and “adrift” in the Caribbean today. One was described by the Maritime Bulletin as being a
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Two Dominicans Face 10 Years In Prison After Guilty Pleas To Trafficking 2,204 Pounds of Cocaine Here
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Two of three Dominican Republic nationals admitted in federal court to their roles in bringing 2,204 pounds of cocaine to the region.
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U.S. Coast Guard Nets $30M Worth of Cocaine, Three Smugglers Off St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — United States Coast Guard and Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) crews seized $30 million worth of cocaine and apprehended three smugglers this week,
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