Cruise Ship Drugs

Cruise Ship Drug Arrests in 2003
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Cruise Ship Drug Arrests in 2003

Cruise Ship Passenger And Crew Drug Arrests On Cruise Ships For Marijuana - Cocaine - Heroin - Ecstasy - Scopolamine - Amphetamines - Barbiturates

Date: November 11, 2003
Drugs: cocaine
Amount: 83 pounds
Value: $1.1 Million
Number Arrested: 20
Details: Employees of cruise lines, passengers on cruise ships and alleged organizers of the smuggling ring, were investigated over three years in Key West

Date: October 11, 2003
Cruise Line: Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Cruise Ship: Adventure Of The Seas
Drugs: heroin
Amount: 11.3 pounds
Value: $unknown
Number Arrested: 1
Details: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) found 5,137.5 grams of heroin in a cabin of the cruise ship Adventures of the Seas, in the Port of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. An ICE Blackhawk helicopter assigned to the AMO Unit in Aguadilla was launched to support the operation in St. Thomas. ICE agents placed Luis A. Rodriguez and Ivette De Jesus, the occupants of cabin 2558, under arrest.

Date: August 25, 2003
Drugs: cocaine
Amount: 68 pounds
Value: $959,000
Number Arrested: 20
Details: Employees of cruise lines, passengers on cruise ships and alleged organizers of the smuggling ring, were investigated over three years in Key West

Date: June 2, 2003
Drugs: cocaine
Amount: 495.3 grams
Value: $123,750
Number Arrested: 2
Details: Wife said husband put the cocaine in the wife's designer handbag, after the left the cruise ship in the St. George. He claimed he didn't know it was there. She was given six years in jail for the May arrest

May - June 2003 - Flood Of Drug Smuggling Cruise Ship Passengers End Up In Bahamas Court
Dozens of Celebrity Cruise Lines passengers fine up to $1000 each, total of $40,000 for drug possession, after their cabins were searched while in port, with drug sniffing dogs, in the months of May/June crack down. Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves says that given that it is a known fact that a large portion of drugs which enter Bermuda come on cruise ships, it would be irresponsible for Police to not go on cruise ships to sniff them out

Date: April 23, 2003
Drugs: cocaine
Amount: 132 pounds
Value: $18 Million
Number Arrested: 20
Details: Employees of cruise lines, passengers on cruise ships and alleged organizers of the smuggling ring, were investigated over three years in Key West

Date: February 18, 2003
Drugs: cocaine
Amount: 134 grams
Value: $ unknown
Number Arrested: 1
Details: Drug police checked a cruise ship that had recently arrived from Mexico. During the search, police discovered several grams of cocaine in the insoles of a Jamaican waiters shoes. In all, police found 134 grams

Date: February 11, 2003
Drugs: cocaine
Amount: 68 pounds
Value: $959,000
Number Arrested: 20
Details: Employees of cruise lines, passengers on cruise ships and alleged organizers of the smuggling ring, were investigated over three years in Key West