US authorities seize $27M bound for neighbouring USVI
This photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration Caribbean Division Office shows what it reports is 27 million dollars seized on Aug 29. (Photo by the Drug Enforcement Administration Caribbean Division Office via Associated Press)
Amid heightened concerns about rampant smuggling happening to and from the BVI and US Virgin Islands (USVI), federal authorities announced Tuesday that they seized $27 million in undeclared cash aboard a ship bound for St Thomas in the US territory.
International media reports are that sniffer dogs from US Customs & Border Protection detected the cash while inspecting cargo aboard a ship docked in Puerto Rico.
No arrests have been made in connection to the cash find, which has been described as the largest-ever seizure in the region.
This comes at a time when the BVI and USVI are partnering to increase border security to stymie smuggling activity between the two territories.
This smuggling is reported to be the root cause of the spike in COVID-19 cases in the BVI.
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Same vessel docks regularly in Tortola!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8689727/PICTURED-Boxes-stuffed-27MILLION-cash-intercepted-Customs-Border-agents.html
Ayo so like to be in thing, how tola get in this…struppssssss
King F*y pay chec
That’s what the BVI lives off, drugs, human smuggling, corruption and hard working expats and down islanders.
Don’t be fooled
Wow, that sounds terrible. Surely, you’re already packed to be on the next plane out to escape such atrocities.
Suck uno mutha wit a straw
Dem thief 5 million because it wuz 32 million de udder day
We’ve found $50 million Inspec. Wow Eric, good work, so that’s what $45 million looks like. Yeah Inspec, soon as I saw this $40 million I thought that’s a huge pile. What do you think Marcus. Well Alwin it’s amazing just how high this $35 million stacks. It is indeed Mario, it almost looks like this $30 million will topple over, ah here comes the Chief , he’ll be very happy we found and confiscated this $27 million.
You forget this next line too,
While the authorities were scanning the undeclared cash they detected and realized all were counterfeits and decided to incinerate all the counterfeit cash LOL
Over what period was this accumulated? That is a lot of cash on the streets
It doesn’t say anywhere that the ship was travelling from the BVI. We are not mixed up in this one.
Ask the host of C** D**p … The criminals protector. Putting criminals over love of community.
In this hard time, all i want is one bag, just one bag and i good for a while, wa you say? come on, you can afford it.
I wish they could a been caught in BVI waters we could use that money fpr so many things.
Is this why he was shot at his house?