Major cocaine bust in Soufriere
Dominica News Online - Thursday, July 5th, 2012 at 4:09 PM
Police have made a major drug bust seizing some 30 kilograms of cocaine in Soufriere.
Police PRO Inspector John Carbon said the seizure was made on Thursday morning at 6:00 during a joint operation between the drug and marine units of the police force.
He said during the operation one open-keel boat, found about 500 meters in the Soufriere Bay, was also seized.
Four Dominicans, one St. Lucian and one resident of St. Maarten were arrested and are assisting police in their investigations.
The police say the identity of the men will be made available on Friday.
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77 Comments
DNO allu can edit the village now, stop giving wrong information
They will be hunted from the north, south, east and west. By the power of God every crooked way shall be made straight. We shall make life uncomfortable and unprofitable for the drug lords. They shall recieve their just recompence of reward. The Spirit of the Lord declares it.
Wow a cocaine bust, who is going down for this one i am waiting to see, they need to make more big bust like this and leave the poor man that planting, and smoking a little weed its friday today where are the names
@ MAC
Weedless Friday?
so is possi man or men alone that dealing drugs or have parro
…..hmmm..
Before Dominica never use to have all those drug problems and robberies…people need money… you cant blame them for selling drugs ehhh… i would never turn to drugs to make money but im just saying….people need money so then they turn to the wrong places for it…light bill high…food expensive…everything going up and no jobs…or little salary…you can’t blame the people for selling drugs…
My Dear, this is happening everywhere not only in Dominica. Still, I DO NOT condone drug smuggling or distribution.
Yes you can blame people for selling drugs and I also blame you for being so stupid. EVERYONE NEEDS MONEY OKAY!. Not just one set of people that need money because money a basic and necessary need for survial but you know what other people do. THYE GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN! work their a**s of and get a job and continue to work hard and climb the ladder to success. If those little hood rats don’t want to educate themselves and be qualified how they suppose to get jobs. Even if it means leaving the country to work somewhere else. There is always a way and there is always a better choice.
Take Grand Bay out of the map and unite the rest of Dominica against that community because the people are bad.Whatever crime they commit, it will be magnified more than any community in Dominica and the magistrates will be more severe on them than other Dominican but haven’t heard of any cocaine raid in Grand Bay. Most of Grand money goes into court fines and government regards them as nobody because Skero does not need their support. A magistrate charged a sout man $6500 for a portion of marijuana and held him responsible for school kids that are smoking. Hope she makes the same statement to offenders in other districts in Dominica. They are not on the map and continue to treat them like aliens.
@ watt la
It is strange that ever since I was growing up I heard about Grand Bay and not in a complimentary manner. It has been carrying a bad name for a long time and appears always will to the end of time. At that time we never heard of drugs and guns. Grand Bay needs to be blest. The people must fervently pray more. Sincere worship, prayer, penance and sacrifice will change this outlook which has damaged its reputation.
where does grandbay come in, in this story, i can’t remember reading anything about Grandbay in this story but couple people insist in talking about it, do you all know something we don’t or do you all just DO NOT LIKE Grandbay.
if the country wasnt so hard people would not have to be doing illegal things to give themselves and their families a proper life. So long i applying for work and i not getting any work. I have all my papers and i can’t find a job. the country just hard….
finally a cocaine bust! Job well done officers, more to come
I’m reading that they held drugs but nothing about money. For a drug bust money must be involved as well. Drug dealers dont just give out drugs without money. Whats up with that officers? You’re only giving one side the story.
if posse have 1000 men from 20 to 40 years old then 500 of them parro… boy there have noth parro,.
i betting posse man or men involved… all they want to do is live rich and when they get caught, they running by minister
you want to take out scent in your mourth man???? Possi have parro?? u that is a parro
my broda is possie alone dat have?? smfh
My brother, parro, madman and all kinds come from all over the island and end up in Possie. Is not all of them on the streets you see come from possie, e.g. Louisa-Paix-Bouche, Dollar-Wesley, and there are also lots of other starnge faces we see in Possie who are definitely not from Possie. So go do your homework.
it have plenty a lot of young ones too
All we hear about is major bust, but we never hear about anyone being convicted and sent to Prison for a long while for all the major drug bust over the years.
If you check the Prison, there is no inmate serving time for any major drug bust.
What is going on DPP?
What is going on Commisioner?
WHat is going on Attorney general?
Please let us know.
but what them police just do with it after they seize it and case call etc nah?
if they are “destroying” it i think they should show us the general public their method of getting rid of it.cant trust anyone these days
you dont need to know.. the higher level people are always present when the drugs are being destroyed in morne bruce…
if you was there when it is being destroyed you would be making the same asinine comments like you making now.
This is a legitimate comment, Acer. Which higher level people? You?
Note the drug and two drug men/crew members were drop off in Scott’s Head on shore, around the SSMR and coral reefs. But the boat and three drug men/crew were intercepted along the Soufriere/Pte. Michel Coastline.
damn good job. I hope you all get the support of the court system after all that work.
i hope dem police doe pass dere hand in d 30 keys
what happened to the loubiere bust? im not excited.
about time they leave the little rasta man growing his herb alone
Good job officers
Good job! congratulation keep DA safe. I hope
you all don’t let them go easy.
Good Job Officers!
This occurs frequently. They do not give up and do take chances. They are aware that there is a lucrative market for the drugs in DA and they will be well paid for transporting it. Otherwise they would not as much as agree to and try to bring them in.
Are they at the head of this? These men are out to destroy the minds of also the youth. When those whom they sell the drugs to do not have money to pay them what will happen to them? What will they do to get money to pay them? Crimes and more crimes.
These are obviously law-breakers who care not about their country or others except themselves, as long as they are paid and never get caught.
No bail for them. Let them remain in prison until the Court case and thereafter for some years to come or for life.
I hope those boats are confiscated and do not return to their point of origin. They should be destroyed or sold to responsible people who will utilize them for some good and not for evil as this.
I am happy when i hear of these bust but we have to realize some still enter the contry. Poeple get upset when i say if we legalize a certain of weed we would not be in this mess. Let it be legal for people to have a certain amount of weed and see if the cocaine will not slow down dramatically. In the 80′s we did not know cocaine or there was so little that we did not hear about it in Dominica, most people were in there weed but when the cocaine started coming in it messed up everything and people began gooing for the harder drugs. My solution,make it legal for one to be able to have at least 10grams of weed or up to 3 joints without getting charged. Anything more than the 10 grams one can be arrested. Cigarette kills more people than weed and yet still they do very little to stop it.
Did this happen in Soufriere or in Scotts Head?
Some big business men loose their investment
hey I vex about that. I’m not into drugs but as u can see since all drugs being bust in Dominica D money stop run in d country. Right Now Dominica Under Stress. No way out for the youths.
Well they can get a job you know. That’s always an option EVER THOUGHT OF THAT!
Ok…….but I would like to know what happens to the weed n cocaine, after the police seize it……where do it go,what do they do with it….????
nobody doesnt tell me them police doesnt pass their hand in it
Good job officers,keep up the good work!
Good job to the officers of the Drug and Marine Unit. Continue the good but difficult job
capitalponishment jale dem people dat have wealth on there names for drug dealers and take there wealth from dem sootywehs too also the wealth of the drug lords and take it to blld a good rehab at d pmh in roseau and clean dem in D.A a also caribbean paros and d rehab will maintain it self
They should jail you for not being able to spell!
Don’t be like that. Listen to the message rather then criticize the spelling. As I can see you’re sentence structure not so great either.
anyone knows what slight of hand is????
jah, help us in Dominica. because as they bust that 30 there, 1000 passing somewhere else…
why doesn’t chavez put something in place to protect his “friends”?
that’s one hell of an Independence day gift from V/A with love…
Admin is not in soufriere is scott’s head
Damn,
again! my goodness.. well i’m happy that the Police are catching them suckers.. when these drugs infiltrate our communities what will happen is more theft, gun and knife crimes and citizens of Dominica cannot leave their home and be safe… hope they are taught a lesson
Good Job Officers! I think the Government and members of Parliament should go back to the house and change these laws about sentencing regarding Drugs and Fire arms. There should be some real real harsh penalties regarding the Trafficing of Cocaine and so forth! Go back to the parliament and amend these laws so as to have drug pushers running for cover from Dominica! If the Laws are changed there will be greater success! Please come together as parliamentarians and fight the drug trade! Look at the other nations and check their laws as they declare war on drugs! Please fry all those caught in the drug trade esp cocaine so that we will have less worries in the Caribbean! If the PM calls for tougher laws regarding drugs and so forth well well thats a thumbs up for Dominica!
I don’t know if the people running the country doesn’t see comments like your’s because they should. New roads are good for the country but control of the crime is a much better deal at the end of the day.
Trust me there’s no future in drug dealing or drug doing, only death and destruction along the way. The money is just paper, the cocaine is just powder, once you have the $$ today it’s gone tomorrow and a soon as you sniff the powder this minute the high gone soon after. That’s why it’s called a pipe dream. The effects are real but the dream isnt.
Love your comment!!!
Excellent work police and coastguard. My confidence in you all returning!
I’wm with you a 100% on that statement.
ya good job clean them out.
it is a victimless crime……those who profit the most from it are the ones in power
who uses this drugs in Dominica?..it is a clearly profitable business or is it?..only a few are able to build houses from their drug sale
its a victimless crime. eh hen…stoic boy you stupid..
30 keys wi boy lol…..
6 am in the morning ? big day allu want to run allu scene lol lol
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Are you just talking for talking sake?
he mean the new boats
You drinking before de weekend start man? I live in America and all now so my upstairs neighbors smoking weed and who knows what else. Down de street, a couple crack heads looking for their next fix. Right next to my church a couple drug dealers selling cocaine….AWA wii I NEVER see tings like that in my lovely Dominica.
So there is no drugs in U.S.A right? Is a good thing i lived there (U.S.A) once so all you small minded people cannot fool me!!!
I guess next you will say there is no crimes whatsoever!!SMFH
Make the government give very harsh sentences.
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Is that (the cocaine) that killing the country. Paro!
ou toh sort
u cannot spell dummy!
As long as them drugs people get the fine that they are getting in DA, this will continue
Them guys need to be jail for five plus years also fine a huge some of money
The sentence for this crime in DA is too little, jail the foreigners, charge them ten thousand dollars each them deport them, if they reenter the island send them to rot in jail
Them Dominican men need to take a look at what this drugs are doing on the island, all they concern about it making their big dollars, when children, families etc are suffering due to that cocaine thing
I am not pro drug trafficking, but accord to the CIA,s website, Dominica is a major drug trans-shipment point for the Caribbean. In other words, they think less the 1% of the contraband remains on the island. Economics 101: Drug passes through, money comes back.
Our justice system is well equipped to handle those case, hurt them when it hurts the most…their pockets. I am in favor of large fines, because it will be us the tax payers that would have to foot the bill for them being in prison.
Good job, to our law enforcement officers!
I am glad the police stop that poison comeing to our shores, we dont need that bull in dominica.
Thats why we need a new prison with trained staff to run it.
Magistrate to dish out stiff penaltys to those who try to bring in that poison to D.A.
A native son in California.
Are you saying our staff at the prison are not train??
Take that back they are well train trust me!! Some of us are trained in the U.S as well so stop your negative vibes about us at the prison.
Still having nightmares from the last bunch that got busted..
lmao. At least this set not too ugly.
weed dem out
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