"10 Murdered in Mexican Pacific Resort City" reads the headline in Acapulco today, with a photo below of a bloody body lying in from of a scenic beach resort. After such a horrific headline and photo, no one needs to read the actual article about the mutilated, dismembered and often decapitated bodies dumped
Coke Bust on Celebrity Sumitt Cruise Ship
The Bermuda Sun newspaper reports that Bermuda police officers arrested a 53 year old cruise passenger who tried to smuggle cocaine into Bermuda.
The newspaper states that the American cruise tourist allegedly strapped $369,000 worth of cocaine to her body and sailed to Bermuda on board the Celebrity Summit cruise ship.
The passenger is reportedly…
Another Drug Bust on the P & O Aurora – This Time 30 Kilos!
Newspapers in Australia are reporting that a British cruise passenger aboard the P & O Aurora cruise ship was arrested for trying to smuggle 30 kilos of cocaine into Australia.
The British citizen is 59 years old and was busted by Australian customs officers last Friday at the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Sydney. The customs…
Major Cruise Drug Bust in San Francisco
The San Francisco Weekly Blog reported today that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) busted three cruise ship passengers in San Francisco with nearly 13 kilos of cocaine last month.
The CBP and local law-enforcement officials found two separate discoveries of a large amount of cocaine on a cruise ship at Pier 35 on January 25th after the…
Bermuda Customs, Cruise Ship Cabins & Illegal Searches = Easy U.S. Money $$$
Bernews reports that Bermuda Customs officials boarded the Norwegian Gem yesterday and search an unoccupied passenger cabin and seized 6 grams of pot.
Magistrate Archie Warner, who we have blogged about before, fined the American cruise passenger $1,000 or 90 days prison if the fine was not paid immediately.
6 grams is less than a 1/4 ounce of pot. Something like 6…
Bermuda Continues Cruise Ship Drug Busts
Yesterday the Bermuda Sun reported on two additional drugs busts involving both cruise passengers and crewmembers.
The Bermuda Sun reports that yet another cruise passenger was arrested with a small amount of marijuana in his cabin. This arrest involved a 48 year old US tourist who was arrested after Customs officers from Bermuda entered his cabin. The cruise passenger…
High Times on the High Seas – Cruise Industry Struggles with “Reefer Madness”
The cruise industry is struggling with its own form of "reefer madness" over the last month. Here’s what has been happening in the weird world of cruise ship pot heads, dealers and smugglers.
Bermuda Bust No. 1: Earlier this week, customs agents in Bermuda arrested two Royal Caribbean crewmembers for importing cocaine into the islands on a…
Rapper Big Boi Arrested for Drugs Leaving Cruise Ship in Miami
U.S. customs agents in Miami arrested rapper "Big Boi," of the hip-hop duo "OutKast," on drug possession charges as he disembarked a cruise ship.
TMZ reports that Big Boi (real name Antwan Patton), had "ecstasy pills, MDMA powder and Viagra" in his luggage as he was leaving the unidentified cruise ship after it returned to the Port of Miami.
It apparently is a felony…
Cruise Ship Drug Crimes Soar!
This week we reported on a cruise bust on a cruise ship in the Cayman Islands involving a group of crew members from Jamaica and St. Vincent. It sounds like the drug busts we reported on involving Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas and the Enchantment of the Seas.
There is no question that drug smuggling on cruise ships…
Cruise Ship Drug Bust in Cayman Islands
Cayman News Service reports that three crew members were arrested for possession of two kilos of cocaine. The cruise employees were from St. Vincent and Jamaica.
As is often the case, the local police did not identify the name of the cruise ship or cruise line.
The three cruise ships in port at the time of the arrest were Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas…