Drugs on Vessel - 03/10/06

In a joint operation involving customs, Drug Squad and the Marine Unit, on Thursday the 21st September 2006, thirty kilograms (30kgs) of compressed marijuana was recovered from the M/V Lady Grace 2, which is berthed at the Vieux fort seaport.

As a result, the captain, Sean Roberts and six other crew members were arrested and charged for possession and attempting to export cannabis. They appeared at the Vieux Fort District Court on Monday the 25th of September 2006, to answer to the charges against them. The drugs has a street value of thirty five thousand dollars ($35000. 00).

The Lady Grace 2, is registered in St. Vincent and has 100% Grenadian crew. The vessel arrived in St. Lucia on the 19th of September 2006, from Barbados to deliver cement. It obtained customs clearance to leave St. Lucia for St. Vincent on the 21st of September 2006.

M/V Lady Grace 2, Crew Members:

NAME : Sean Telemachus Roberts (Captain)
DATE OF BIRTH : October 30, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH : Carriacou, Grenada
NATIONALITY : Grenadian
PLACE OF ISSUE : St. Georges, Grenada

NAME : Cuthbert Alexander (Chief Engineer)
DATE OF BIRTH : 10th December, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH : Saint Mark, Grenada
NATIONALITY : Grenadian
PLACE OF ISSUE : St. Georges Grenada

NAME : James John Abraham (Sailor)
DATE OF BIRTH : 22nd September, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH : St. Georges Grenada
NATIONALITY : Grenadian
PLACE OF ISSUE : St. Grenada Grenada

NAME : Devon Kenroy Stewart
DATE OF BIRTH : 7th October, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH : Carriacou, Grenada
NATIONALITY : Grenadian
PLACE OF ISSUE : St. Georges Grenada

NAME : Derrand Matthew Alves
DATE OF BIRTH : 24th January, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH : Carriacou, Grenada
NATIONALITY : Grenadian
PASSPORT NO. : G1001393
DATE OF ISSUE : 10th August, 2006
DATE OF EXPIRY : 9th August, 2016

NAME : Raymond Blair (Cook)
DATE OF BIRTH : 25th August, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH : Petite Martiniq, Grenada
NATIONALITY : Grenadian
PLACE OF ISSUE : St. Georges, Grenada

NAME : Gary John De Silver (Sailor)
DATE OF BIRTH : 7th December, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH : Carriacou, Grenada
NATIONALITY : Grenadian
PLACE OF ISSUE : St. Georges Grenada

 

Drugs Found on Lady Grace 2: