US Coast Guard raids vessel in Kingston Harbour

[Dr.Dudd]

<span style="font-size: 11pt"> US Coast Guard raids vessel in Kingston Harbour
Friday, 27 November 2009
Local police along with members of the United States Coast Guard swooped down on a local fishing vessel in the Kingston Harbour on Friday afternoon.

A local attorney, who represents the captain of the boat, argued that US authorities had no right to conduct the search.

Scores of law enforcement officials from Jamaica and the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) swarmed the boat docked in the harbour at the Jamaica Fishing Complex on Port Royal Street.

For hours they scoured the vessel under the watchful eyes of Jamaica Defense Force (JDF) soldiers.

Reports are that the local police called in the US Coast Guard for assistance after searching the boat for the past six days without finding anything.

It was suspected that there may be narcotics on board after the boat returned from a recent fishing trip.

It's reported that the vessel had left Jamaican waters, possibly venturing into South American territory.

But Bert Samuels, who represents the owner of the vessel, says that this not the case as the boat did not leave Jamaican territorial water.

He says a law suit will be filed as he will be moving to have the US Coast Guard officially declared trespassers.</span>

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: US Coast Guard raids vessel in Kingston Harbour

I think they are sending a message to DUDUs.

Kind of a show of strength.

[Tuff Gong]

Re: US Coast Guard raids vessel in Kingston Harbour

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think they are sending a message to DUDUs.

Kind of a show of strength. </div></div>

Yaaaawn the Jamaican stooges requested it. It is they who is perhaps sending what they consider a message.
I hope the both States get sued in International Court over this!

[neutral]

Re: US Coast Guard raids vessel in Kingston Harbour

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think they are sending a message to DUDUs.

Kind of a show of strength. </div></div>

It`s funny how YOU seem to accept this &quot;show of strength&quot; by the USA in jamaica`s waters,obviously YOU wont see the precedence that this is setting on our sovereign territory.

This is no message to dudus,this is a message to the little islanders that the US goes where it please.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: US Coast Guard raids vessel in Kingston Harbour

What sovreinty??
Jamaica is a colony of Britain.
and it signed the right to the US to do what they did a decade ago.
It was done according to the book.

It os called the shiprider agreement. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Natral</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think they are sending a message to DUDUs.

Kind of a show of strength. </div></div>

It`s funny how YOU seem to accept this &quot;show of strength&quot; by the USA in jamaica`s waters,obviously YOU wont see the precedence that this is setting on our sovereign territory.

This is no message to dudus,this is a message to the little islanders that the US goes where it please. </div></div>

[neutral]

Re: US Coast Guard raids vessel in Kingston Harbour

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What sovreinty??
Jamaica is a colony of Britain.
and it signed the right to the US to do what they did a decade ago.
It was done according to the book.

It os called the shiprider agreement. </div></div>

Would you be as accepting if indeed it was the UK that carried out a search on jamaicans in kingston harbour...?
I think not,you would be the first to spout your usual gobbledegook about &quot;colonial masters&quot;.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: US Coast Guard raids vessel in Kingston Harbour

As far as I am concern, any colonist is as bad as the other.


They all dress the colony shat they are free to take their products at pepper corn price.
and use the country as a means of support their economy.<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Natral</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What sovereignty??
Jamaica is a colony of Britain.
and it signed the right to the US to do what they did a decade ago.
It was done according to the book.

It is called the shiprider agreement. </div></div>

Would you be as accepting if indeed it was the UK that carried out a search on jamaicans in kingston harbour...?
I think not,you would be the first to spout your usual gobbledygook about &quot;colonial masters&quot;. </div></div>

[Tuff Gong]

Re: US Coast Guard raids vessel in Kingston Harbour

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What sovreinty??
Jamaica is a colony of Britain.</div></div>

LOL You are a doctor and you are writing such tripe?
In an case it does not seems to be the fault of anyone but the Jamaica autoritiess from the reading it looks as if they USA Coast Guard was invited by the Locals to help search.

Remember we do have a treaty that also the USA to send US Marshals to to Jamaica where they are then free to carried out raids on any property including that of solicitors defending their clients accused in USA Courts.


See: <span style="text-decoration: underline">Mutual Assistance Criminal Matters Act section 23</span>....

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23.-(1) Where- foreign (a) a proceeding or investigation relating to a criminal search and matter has commenced in a relevant foreign state; (b) there are reasonable grounds for believing that an article (not beiig tainted property) relevant to theproceeding or investigation is located in Jamaica;and (c) the relevant foreign state requests the Central Authority to arrange for the issue of a search war-rant under this section in relation to that article,the Central Authority may authorize a police oBcer toapply to a Resident Magistrate for the search warrantrequested by the relevant foreign state. (2) Where a police officer authorized under subsec- tion (1) has reason to believe that the articles to which therequest relates is, or will, at a specif~ed time be-(a) on a person or in his possession or under his con- trol; or(6) upon any land or upon or in any premises, a relevant aiate €Qr seizura the police officer may lay before a Resident Magistrate aninformation on oath setting out the grounds for that beliefand apply for the issue of a warrant under this Section tosearch the person, land or premises for that article.(3) A Resident Magistrate may, on an applicationunder subsection (2), issue a warrant authorizing a policeofficer named in the warrant with such assistance as maybe necessary- (a) to search the person; (6) to enter upon the land or upon or into the premises; (c) to search the land and premises for the article; and ~WmbndthispapobspYlhorizedb~U.95llQ~
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MUTUAL ASSISTANCE (CRIMINAL MATTERS) (d) to seize any article found in the course of the search that the police officer believes, on reason-able grounds, to be relevant to the proceeding orinvestigation. </div></div>