Thursday, July 13, 2017
By SANCHESKA DORSETT
Tribune Staff Reporter
sdorsett@tribunemedia.net
UNITED States Customs and Border Protection officials in Miami, Florida, seized 150 pounds of cocaine on Tuesday on a vessel that originated from The Bahamas.
When contacted for comment, Chief Superintendent Samuel Butler, head of the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), said officials in the capital have received little information about the incident and he is unclear if any of the passengers were Bahamian.
According to the Miami Herald, four crew members of a fishing vessel were apprehended after US Customs and Border Protection officials seized the drugs during a routine inspection.
The boat, named the Wes Win, was one of two arriving from Nassau that was flagged for a regular inspection at the RMK Merrill-Stevens Shipyard at 881 NW 13th Avenue, The Miami Herald reported.
When officers boarded the boat, they found about 70 blue bundles of the drugs nestled behind plastic-wrapped Junkanoo Punch soda cans.
According to The Miami Herald, the drugs ended up weighing about 150 pounds. No drugs were found on the other boat.
Officers interviewed at least five people, including one who was underage, and four adults were detained.
The names of those apprehended were not released.
The drugs have an estimated street value of $1.8 million dollars.
Investigations continue.
Comments
rqd2 says...
USCBP will keep that boat and sell it at auction. How much of that $ will The Bahamas get?
Posted 13 July 2017, 2:35 p.m. Suggest removal
sheeprunner12 says...
Is it true that it was a Segillian fishing boat???? ........ If true, not a good sign
Posted 13 July 2017, 3:09 p.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
No money at all to the Bahamas.
Posted 13 July 2017, 4:42 p.m. Suggest removal
Reality_Check says...
Somehow I don't think any of those mentioned at the end of this YouTube video, including Chuck Fox, are very happy about USCBP seizing the Wes Win and its illegal cargo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCEggv6…
Posted 13 July 2017, 3:18 p.m. Suggest removal
Sickened says...
LOL! Those guys famous now!
Posted 13 July 2017, 3:57 p.m. Suggest removal
alfalfa says...
Not Segillian sheeprunner12, but originally from Current, residing in Nassau, but presently at a government facility in Miami. They come from a long line of honest fishermen, but got greedy, and deserve whatever penalty is given them. Easy money is not always easy.
Posted 13 July 2017, 8:58 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
Not worth it
Posted 14 July 2017, 5:40 a.m. Suggest removal
bahamas12345 says...
Looks like there luck ran out when they were caught this time, I'm sure they have made enough$$ over the years.
Posted 14 July 2017, 6:43 a.m. Suggest removal
sheeprunner12 says...
This really exposes what greed leads to ........... someone on that boat wanted to make a quick buck and not wait for the crawfish season ............ But this is nothing new for our people ........ Most Bahamians (black or white) with these kinds of connections to Florida through boat or plane probably do this kind of thing going back to the US Civil War and Bootlegging .......... The temptation is so great to make narco-dollars that the risk to smuggle drugs is appealing for otherwise "honest" Bahamians
Posted 14 July 2017, 8:15 a.m. Suggest removal
sealice says...
sez dem pinder boys from current gots all de drugs dese days......
Posted 14 July 2017, 11:08 a.m. Suggest removal
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