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Two Trinidad and Tobago nationals are among six men arrested during a multi-agency operation in the British Virgin Islands that led to the seizure of 772.4 kilogrammes of cocaine, according to a media release issued yesterday by that country’s Police Information Office.
The exercise took place between December 8 and 9 and involved His Majesty’s Customs, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, United States Customs and Border Protection, and the Joint Regional Command Centre from the Caricom region. Officers moved in after intelligence pointed to suspicious maritime activity within BVI waters, leading to the interception of a vessel and the recovery of the cocaine.
The Trinidadians charged are Cesar Diaz Abrahim, 30, and Ronald James, 49. Also charged are Dominican Republic nationals Francisco Mejia Ortiz, 21, Joel Santana Santos, 39, and Jermife Toribio Vasquez, 40, along with Candido Rois Quezada, 42, of St Kitts and Nevis.
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