SIX MARINERS are scheduled today (4/10/2011), to appear in court in St Lucia to face charges of drugs, arms and ammunition smuggling. The seafarers, all Guyanese citizens, were arrested on 24 September when the Guyanese-registered 477dwt general cargo ship Vicky B was intercepted by police about 6 n-miles off Soufriere on St Lucia's west coast.
Searchers found in a concealed compartment 30kg of cocaine and 46kg of cannabis, along with firearms, grenades and ammunition, prosecutors alleged in a 30 September indictment. The seafarers face up to a decade in prison if convicted on multiple charges of drug possession, trafficking and arms importation, the newspaper Kaieteur News reported. According to the Stabroek News, a Guyanese newspaper, the owner of Vicky B is understood to have gone into hiding. A Guyanese football promoter and his wife have also been arrested in St Lucia and charged with firearms offences. Police are investigating possible links between them and the indicted crew.

Thanks, Frits. I knew you would be able to come up with the right identity!
mvg Dirk

Imo:5239199
ex.Mona Rosa
ex.Wiebke I
ex.Hanny
ex.Mona Rosa
ex.Vicky B

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