SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - U.S. Coast Guardsmen and U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) agents, working jointly with DEA lead Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF), arrested two suspected Dominican smugglers and seized approximately 95 kilograms of cocaine and an 18-foot (yola), following an at-sea interdiction Monday in the Mona Passage. The...

WASHINGTON D.C. - An ongoing DEA investigation led to actions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) today designating Lebanese narcotics trafficker Ayman Joumaa, as well as nine individuals and 19 entities connected to his drug trafficking and money laundering organization as Specially Designated Narcotics...

ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS - After a two-week trial, a federal jury on St. Thomas convicted Virgin Islands Police (VIPD) Officers Enid Edwards and Francis Brooks, along with Virgin Islands Port (VIPA) Officer Bill John-Baptiste, announced today Ronald W. Sharpe, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands...

CHRISTIANSTED, ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - A 33-year-old citizen of the Dominican Republic who resides in Caguas, Puerto Rico, was arrested by Drug Enforcement (DEA), U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) and Homeland Security (HSI) special agents on Sunday in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin (USVI), following a routine traffic...