PORT-DE-PAIX, Haiti — Two Jamaicans have been confirmed lifeless after Haitian authorities intercepted a rowboat “closely laden with medication” off the northwest coast of Haiti, officers stated. One other individual additionally died, and a Bahamian nationwide was arrested in the course of the operation.
In line with a press release from the counter-narcotics unit of the Haitian Nationwide Police (HNP), the bust was carried out underneath the management of Performing Superintendent Jeir Pierre, in collaboration with the Port-de-Paix police and the prosecutor’s workplace.
“Below the management of Performing Superintendent Jeir Pierre, the Port-de-Paix police and prosecutor’s workplace intercepted a row boat closely laden with medication… The consequence: two Jamaicans drowned, one physique within the morgue and a Bahamian in custody,” the HNP stated.Authorities seized greater than 90 kilograms of cocaine in the course of the operation and indicated that a number of different suspicious boats are nonetheless believed to be at massive.Haitian officers described the operation as “a primary within the historical past of the northwest”.
In the meantime, the Bahamian authorities stated it’s nonetheless awaiting official affirmation however famous that unconfirmed experiences counsel the boys could have been “shot at from unknown individuals whereas on a velocity boat, which resulted in two of the males being killed and one other hospitalised.”
The investigation stays ongoing as authorities proceed to seek for further suspects and vessels.
