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Two men from Portsmouth have been arrested and charged by the St. Lucia Marine Police for possession, importation and intent to supply an illegal drug.<\/p>\nTwo men from Portsmouth have been arrested and charged by the St. Lucia Marine Police for possession, importation and intent to supply an illegal drug.<\/p>\n
They have been identified as Germaine Lamothe, 46, and 27-year-old Zuff Joel William.<\/p>\n
They were reportedly found with 186.43 kilos of marijuana in a boat off the coast of St. Lucia.<\/p>\n
A release from the police from that island reveals that on Thursday, May 16 a boat was intercepted two miles west of Castries Harbour within the territorial waters of St Lucia.<\/p>\n
The boat was identified by the markings \u201cProvider\u201d and bore the registration number J7-065-STE. At the time of the interception, there were two male occupants on board. They were later identified as Dominicans.<\/p>\n
Also on that vessel, were a number of polythene bags. Under police escort, the vessel was moored to the Marine base where a thorough search was conducted.<\/p>\n
Fourteen polythene bags in total were found on the boat, each containing dry green plant materials suspected to be Cannabis.<\/p>\n
The bags had an accumulative weight of 411lbs or 186.43 kilos.<\/p>\n
The two Dominicans were detained and later charged for the offences of Possession of a Controlled Drug, Possession with the Intent to Supply a Controlled Drug and Importation of a Controlled Drug.<\/p>\n
They are to appear in court at a later date.<\/p>\n
This is the second time in two months that Dominicans have been nabbed for drug trafficking in St. Lucia.<\/p>\n
On March 15, 2013, two fishermen from Roseau, Dominica \u2014 Alex James, 39, and Rawlins Rolle, 33 \u2014 were arrested and charged in connection with a large drug seizure in the south of the island.<\/p>\n
According the St. Lucia police, officers attached to the Marine Unit of the southern division intercepted a blue, orange and black boat named \u201cVon Von,\u201d 8.2 nautical miles south of Gros Piton, Soufriere in the island\u2019s territorial waters.<\/p>\n
The boat was searched and 1,487.2 pounds of cannabis were found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men from Portsmouth have been arrested and charged by the St. Lucia Marine Police for possession, importation and intent to supply an illegal drug. They have been identified as Germaine Lamothe, 46, and 27-year-old Zuff Joel William. They were…","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-court-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n