“On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, seventeen bales weighing 575 kilograms or 1,265 pounds of cocaine were intercepted at sea on the east coast of Dominica,” announced Acting Police Chief Davidson Valerie.
“Four individuals have been arrested and are being investigated in relation to that matter,” he added.
Valerie theorized that a foreign vessel that is beached in an area in Delices may have been the means of transporting the shipment of drugs.
Moreover, he said cocaine in the total amount of 2.5 tonnes or 5, 003 kilograms with an estimated street value of about 67 million dollars Eastern Caribbean currency has been seized over the past six weeks.
Meanwhile, he asserted that this transnational crime of trafficking cocaine and other illicit drugs will not be permitted in Dominica.
“This police force, The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force will do everything to dismantle, to disrupt, and to defeat the actions being done and conducted by syndicates operating in Dominica,” Valerie remarked.
He believes that this drug trade has a nexus with firearm trafficking and criminal activities including murders.
“If left to continue, it will pose a serious threat to our national security,” he stated. “We will pursue the individuals involved in these illegal activities on sea and on land to ensure that they are brought to justice.”
Valerie commended all personnel involved for their commitment and dedication to duty.
“Your efforts have not gone unnoticed,” he noted.
Good!!! hold all of dem wicked drug man…. What they doing with the money? At least Doh Dos in Jamaica was helping his community.