CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ROYAL BAHAMAS POLICE FORCE, AND OTHER POLICE AND GOVERNMENT, CHARGED IN U.S. WITH SUPPORTING A MASSIVE COCAINE SMUGGLING OPERATION

 

The United States Attorney in New York (SDNY) has charged thirteen defendants, including ELVIS NATHANIEL CURTIS, the Chief Superintendent of the ROYAL BAHAMAS POLICE FORCE, and other Bahamian police officers and government officials, with operating a massive cocaine smuggling operation, that flooded the United States with tons of the drug over a several year period. The cocaine charges, including the possession of firearms in the commission of a narcotics importation conspiracy, which carry a 10-year minimum mandatory sentence, and a maximum Life Sentence upon conviction, included the allegation that the drugs were to be safely stored in the Bahamas and protected, in a manner similar to that of the recent case where former BVI Premier ANDREW FAHIE was convicted in SDFL. Fahie also also conspired with others in an agreement to store drugs in the British Virgin Islands, and give them safe passage through BVI maritime waters.

We note that the case, which involved cocaine of Colombian origin, is being prosecuted by the DOJ National Security Unit, indicating that the illegal operation is considered to be a national security threat to the United States. Some of the defendants have already been arrested in Florida.

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