Information reaching BVI News is that a boat seized by officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) after a high speed chase on the sea days ago has been burned at the Road Town Police Station. Amateur footage […]
Category: Crime/Police
Scammers use BVI to steal $2M – Branson
Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has sounded an alarm on con artists who he said have been using the hurricane-struck British Virgin Islands (BVI) as a way to dupe unsuspecting donors out of their money. Branson said US$2 million already has […]
One taken to hospital after crash
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has reported that one person was taken to Peebles Hospital following a motor vehicle accident in the Joe’s Hill area of Tortola. The crash reportedly happened last night, October 6. Two vehicles were […]
Most soldiers leaving within days
Most of the soldiers who arrived in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to assist with recovery efforts after passage of the devastating Hurricane Irma on September 6 are gearing up to leave the territory in the coming days. Governor Augustus […]
3 charged – Drug found in vehicle during curfew
Three males from the island of Jost Van Dyke were charged with drug offences yesterday following a police operation in the Sea Cows Bay area of Tortola the previous night. They have been charged with unlawful possession of cannabis, and […]
Murder rate reaches eight -Cops confirm gun attack
Weeks after BVI News Online reported that a man was shot dead during a gun robbery at his home in Greenland, Tortola, police this afternoon confirmed the fatality and also released the victim’s name. That incident brings the territory’s murder […]
68-year-old man missing for nearly a month
Police are seeking public assistance in relation to a missing person report that they said was publicized originally by the family of Norbert Wheatley, also known as Fix it. Wheatley, a 68 year-old resident of Mountain Valley above Huntums Ghut […]
Body recovered – Nothing suspicious so far
While appealing for help in identifying the body of a man that was recovered from a ghut below Treadfalls in the Sea Cows Bay area of Tortola on Monday (September 25), police said their investigation so far has not uncovered […]
UPDATE: Cops seek armed man for threat, indecent exposure
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has released more information about an man who they need the public’s help identifying and locating. The man is accused of a sex-related offence. Police said “the male perpetrator is described as dark […]
2 guns found, 5 charged on Tortola and JVD
Police said they found two loaded guns and charged five people during two separate searches within a 24-hour period this week on the islands of Tortola and Jost Van Dyke. In the Jost Van Dyke search, which was carried out […]
