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U.S. Coast Guard Seizes 750 Kilograms of Cocaine
Drug Enforcement Administration Arrests Vessel Crewmembers and Initiates Investigation

AUG 19--SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On August 10, 2004, United States Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter CUSHING, stationed at the Greater Antilles Section in San Juan, PR intercepted a 41’ Canadian Sailboat identified as “La Gabriela” in international waters. After obtaining authorization form the Canadian authorities, a USCG Boarding Team discovered 750 kilograms of cocaine (gross weight) concealed in the vessel. The four Canadian crewmembers were transferred to the CGC CUSHING and the vessel was towed to the port of San Juan, PR. The crewmembers and contraband were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division. The individuals aboard the vessel were later identified as Luc NORMANDIN, Nancy DUMONT, Carl NORMANDIN and Kelly RODRIQUE.

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Bridgetown Barbados Country Office Hosts the 11th Annual Drug Commanders Conference in St. Lucia, West Indies

JUL 26--The Bridgetown Country Office (BCO), in conjunction with the Narcotic Affairs Section (NAS), American Embassy Bridgetown, and the Royal St. Lucia Police Force hosted the 11th Annual Drug Commanders Conference in St. Lucia, West Indies, in July. The conference was well attended by members of the Drug Law Enforcement Community in the Caribbean Region as well as other Political Dignitaries from the host and nearby countries. The conference has grown tremendously since the kickoff in 1994 and the support from the host nations have been outstanding. The purpose of the conference is to bring together the law enforcement organizations in the Caribbean Region and provide them with up to date intelligence on the current trafficking trends. The conference also provides them with innovative training in the most strategic enforcement techniques being practiced in the region today.

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Ambassador Mary Kramer presents an asset forfeiture proceed check for $621,673.48 to Alec Vanderpoole of the ONDCP, Antigua and Barbuda.

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More Information About Caribbean Division

• Intelligence Reports:
  • 2003 Drug Trade in the Caribbean
    
    
• Factsheets:
  • Official Commonwealth of Puerto Rico website: www.gobierno.pr
• Official Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands website: www.usvi.net
  
  
• Other Relevant Sites:
  • Partnership for a Drug Free Puerto Rico: www.alianzaprsindrogas.org
  • Puerto Rico Governor's Office of Drug Control: www.ocd.gobierno.pr
  • U.S. Department of State's U.S. Embassies and Consulates information: usembassy.state.gov
  • United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (They have lots of publications in Spanish on drug abuse prevention and international drug control.): www.unodc.org
  • This is a bi-lingual (English/Spanish) site: Organizacion de los Estados Americanos/Organization of American States - Comision Internacional Para El Control del Abuso de Drogas (CICAD)/Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission: www.cicad.oas.org
    
    
• Publications in Spanish:
  • NDIC: www.usdoj.gov/ndic/topics/spain.htm (Publicaciones en español del Centro Nacional de Inteligencia Sobre Drogas del Departamento de Justicia de los Estados Unidos) )
  • ONDCP: www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/policy/
    ndcs04/index.html (Estrategia Nacional Para El Control de Las Drogas de la Oficina De Politica Nacional Sobre El Control de Drogas de la Casa Blanca) www.laantidroga.com (La Anti-Droga)
  • NIDA: http://165.112.78.65/pubs/spanpubs.taf (Publicaciones en español del Instituto Nacional para el Abuso de Drogas del Departmanto de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos)
  • SAMHSA: http://www.health.org (Publicaciones en español de del Centro Nacional de Informacion Sobre Drogas y Alcohol de la Admisistracion Federal Para El Abuso de Sutancias y Salud Mental De Los Estados Unidos)
    
    
• Other publications in English:
  • CIA: www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html (The World Factbook)
    www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html (Chief of States and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments)
  • NDIC: www.usdoj.gov/ndic/topics/ndtas.htm (NDIC National Drug Threat Assessment)
    www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs3/3950/index.htm (NDIC Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Drug Threat Assessment)
  • U.S. Department of State: www.state.gov/g/inl/rls/nrcrpt/ (US State Department 2003 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report)

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