Published 11 October 2021
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Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Over 120 pounds of Cannabis were seized by at the VC Bird International airport over the weekend.
Several vacuum sealed packages with the controlled substance were found among two separate shipments on the airport’s cargo shed on Friday.
Published 11 October 2021
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Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Source: LOOP NEWS
Some 3,270 more people will soon be considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19, having completed their vaccination programme.
The Ministry of Health in its clinical update today noted that 546,532 people have now completed their vaccination regime, of either a two-dose or single dose vaccine, while 596,696 people were partially vaccinated.
Published 10 October 2021
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The letters of police officers, family members and friends pleading to the Miami District Court asking for leniency for Teshawn Adams, the V.I. Police Officer and National Guard member who federal prosecutors said was at the center of a multi-million dollar cocaine operation, did not sway Judge Paul Huck from handing down a 14-year prison sentence to Adams on Monday, according to 7 pieces of court documents obtained by the Consortium Thursday afternoon. The matter was first reported by the Consortium on January 13.
Published 8 October 2021
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Loop News
CARICOM countries sign agreement to combat unregulated fishing
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries Monday signed an agreement to combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, even as the region prepares to tap into assistance from Norway to tackle the scourge that experts say is linked to a range of other transnational crimes.
Published 8 October 2021
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Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Source: LOOP NEWS
Two Dennery fishermen who have been missing at sea since June 9, 2021, have returned to St Lucia after several months in captivity.
According to reports, brothers Junior and Hansen St Rose went out on a fishing expedition when their vessel encountered difficulties.
