The crew of Cypriot vessel, M/V DeltaDiep, has been released after paying a fine of US$60,000 ($12M) following the discovery of over 192 kilograms of cocaine onboard the vessel.The Polish and Filippino nationals that were onboard the Cargo vessel.A Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) press statement said that the fine was levied against the occupants of the vessel by the Commissioner-General of the state agency, Khurshid Sattaur, “pursuant to the provisions made under Section 224 – 226 of the Customs Act Chapter 82:01 in lieu of the forfeiture which took effect on January 9,Jerseys NFL Wholesale China, by way of a Notice of Seizure on account of the narcotics found on board the vessel.”Some 185 packages of cocaine where found in a 40-foot flat rack container on January 6, last,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, when the men had left Suriname and made a stop in the Region 10 community Linden.According to the public missive the vessel,jerseys nfl wholesale, MV Deltadiep,Cheap Jerseys Online, was represented by the law firm of Cameron & Shepherd who represented the Owners and Insurers of the vessel. They said that the fine was negotiated with Cameron & Shepherd during one week of discussions and was finally resolved based on the precedent of the MV CFS Palamedes.This vessel, it was stated, was discovered in 2007 with 300 kg of cocaine and it was fined $15 million. The Director of Public Prosecutions recommended no prosecutions.The GRA had initially reported that 185 packages (192.420 kg) of cocaine were unearthed from the DeltaDiep vessel, which arrived from Suriname, had an approximate value of $800M. However, subsequent information revealed that the packages were worth Euros 45,000 (G$2.1B). The ship left the Netherlands via Parimaribo, Suriname then proceeded to Guyana to load bauxite and was scheduled for Belgium.The packages bore identification marks such as the Rolls Royce, JR, Superman, XX, Playboy, Dolphin and Scissors logos. Following the findings, eleven other flat rack containers were examined however no narcotic drugs were discovered in those containers.Following the discovery of the cocaine the captain and crew, two of whom were Polish nationals and nine Filippino nationals, were detained and escorted to the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) while the container was transported to the GRA Warehouse Facility, Industrial Site, Eccles, for security purposes. The investigation by CANU is ongoing.GRA officials acted on intelligence provided by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC), that one of the containers onboard the vessel had cocaine. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit was called in,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, and together with officers of Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA’s) Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) and Drug Examination Unit (DEU) conducted an examination of the container.GRA said that the January 6 drug bust mirrors several successful efforts in previous years to stop the smuggling of illegal drugs such as the more than 3,NFL Jerseys China,000 kilos (6940 pounds) of cocaine found hidden on the St. Vincent-registered ship M.V. Danielsen in October 1998; the largest haul in Guyana’s history. |