Vincentians nabbed in Antigua drug bust
Three Vincentians were nabbed in a drug bust in Antigua on Wednesday, August 15, 2007.{{more}}
On Monday, August 20, Ray Bailey, 41; Dwight Bibby, 31; and Lenroy Edwards 22 were granted bail along with four other persons, Liz Prosper, 27, of Dominica; Cobert Jeffery, 51, Sylvester Burns and Allison Anthony, 40, of Antigua. Bail for the seven was set at $600, 0000.
They all appeared before Senior Magistrate, Asquith Riviere in the St.Johnâs Magistrateâs Court.
On Wednesday, August 15, the seven persons were apprehended following a joint operation between the Office on National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP), the Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force and the police.
They were held in the police operation at Gaynors Estate, near Newfield in Antigua with 1,366.7 pounds of marijuana with an estimated at a street value of $1,913,450.
Law enforcement agencies involved received information that a boat carrying what appeared to be bales of drugs had been spotted on the eastern end of the island. The vessel according to reports arrived in Antigua from St.Vincent.
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