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January 4, 2010

Quebec man murdered in Dominican Republic

By QMI Agency


DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A trip to the Dominican Republic by two friends turned into a nightmare when John Gagne, 41, of Quebec City, was murdered in his bed in a small private villa on Dec. 30 during an apparent robbery, according to Gagne's travelling partner.

The friend, who wishes to remain anonymous, was tied up and robbed by two men before hearing the gunshots that killed Gagne in the room next door.

"I was afraid of my life," his friend told the Journal de Montreal.

The two men had decided on a whim to go to Sosua, on the north coast just west of Puerto Plata, a few days before Christmas. They were received in a small private house owned by another Quebecer.

The house was enclosed by a 12-foot fence and protected by a security guard.

"We had planned to scuba diving the next day and go celebrate the new year with other Quebecers in Cabarete," said the friend.

But around 2 a.m., he was awakened by two men he believes were Dominican, who tied him up and took his wallet, credit cards, money and his cellphone.

He was struck with the gun once, while the thieves demanded his PIN, but then left the room with him still tied to the bed.

A few minutes later he heard two gunshots from the next room.

"I lost my best friend. It is a terrible incident. I never thought he could die in such circumstances, " said the friend, who had traveled with Gagne in the past, particularly in China.

He told the Journal that two men one of them a security guard at the villa-hotel have been charged with murder, but authorities on the island have yet to comment.

Gagne's friend said he will stay a few days in the Dominican Republic to ensure the repatriation of Gagne's body.

[diabolical_Tanya]

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January 5, 2010

Tonne of cocaine on Jamaican whisky ship

By REUTERS


AMSTERDAM, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Dutch authorities have seized more than a tonne of cocaine hidden among containers of whisky on a cargo shipment from Jamaica, their largest seizure ever from the island nation.

The 1,100 kilos of the drug, with a street value of more than 30 million euros, has already been destroyed. “We’ve had bigger seizures but not from Jamaica,” a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor said.

A special team comprised of seaport police, customs, the financial crimes investigation service and the public prosecutor’s office found the container last week in Rotterdam, Europe’s biggest port, they said in a statement on Tuesday.

The container was targeted for an in-depth search “based on a risk analysis of customs,” they said, and was immediately identified as suspicious by a drug dog.

Police arrested five men on Monday at the warehouse in Amsterdam where the container was delivered.

The U.S. Justice Department has called Jamaica an “increasingly significant transshipment point””for cocaine from South America, mostly to the United States but also to Europe. The island nation is on a U.S. list of 20 countries singled out as being major production or distribution centres for drugs.

The Netherlands remains one of the primary entry points for cocaine into Europe. British drugs research group DrugScope has said that the Netherlands and Spain, together, account for nearly two-thirds of all European seizures of cocaine.

(Reporting by Ben Berkowitz; editing by Noah Barkin)

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2 dead in Vegas courthouse shooting

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS



Law enforcement surround the Lloyd D. George federal courthouse building in downtown Las Vegas following an officer involved shooting Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, in Las Vegas. (AP/Isaac Brekken)
LAS VEGAS — A gunman opened fire in the lobby of a federal building in downtown Las Vegas on Monday, killing one court officer and wounding a second before he was shot to death.

The gunfire erupted moments after 8 a.m. at the start of the work week and lasted for several minutes. Shots echoed around tall buildings in the area, more than a mile (1.6 kilometres) north of the Las Vegas Strip. An Associated Press reporter on the eighth floor of a high-rise building within sight of the building heard more than 20 shots during the sustained barrage of gunfire.

The U.S. Marshals Service says the victims included a deputy U.S. marshal and a court security officer. The 48-year-old deputy marshal was hospitalized, and the 65-year-old security officer died.

FBI Special Agent Joseph Dickey said the gunman died across the street shortly after the shootout. The man’s identity and motive were not immediately known.

Authorities believe the shooter acted alone, Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Roxanna Lea Irwin said.

The building was evacuated, police and news helicopters circled overhead, and Las Vegas police cordoned off the area for several blocks. A 16-story state and local courthouse two blocks away was locked down as a precaution.



After police arrived, paramedics wheeled at least two people out and down a ramp to ambulances.

Dickey called the building evacuation “standard procedure” in such an incident, and said it was “for the safety of everybody in the place.”

Las Vegas police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan said the shooter had been shot in the head.

“It looks like he went in there and just started unloading,” Morgan said.

The Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building is named for a longtime senior federal judge who still hears cases. It has federal courts and offices for federal officials including U.S. Sens. Harry Reid and John Ensign. Neither were in the building at the time, authorities said.

Irwin said she saw shotgun casings on the floor of the federal building lobby.

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[Dr.Dudd]

Re: Oh dear...disturbing news

Since when has Jamaica started exporting or even manufacture whiskey??

[sistactry]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since when has Jamaica started exporting or even manufacture whiskey?? </div></div>

dead give away ehhh

Tanya, de first report of the guy being in killed in DR is my worst nightmare going to a new country~~ larks, dat run shivers down me back~

[Dr.Dudd]

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The rarity of those kind of attacks are what Jamaica have against the other Caribbean destinations including.
The only other time that I know of was when they killed the KIWI visitor over his phone in Kingston

But i hear of these kind of attacks so often even the most hoi poi destinations. Only thing is they don't get wide publication.<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SistaCtry</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since when has Jamaica started exporting or even manufacture whiskey?? </div></div>

dead give away ehhh

Tanya, de first report of the guy being in killed in DR is my worst nightmare going to a new country~~ larks, dat run shivers down me back~ </div></div>

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Authorities await info on Jamaican ship found with cocaine

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since when has Jamaica started exporting or even manufacture whiskey?? </div></div>

Published: Wednesday | January 6, 2010


Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU:

Up to press time last night, local police could not confirm or deny that a Jamaican ship carrying one tonne of cocaine was seized by Dutch authorities in The Netherlands last week.

The drug, with a reputed street value of €30 million, was found on the ship transporting Whisky, said a report from Reuters.

However, Whisky, a product made in Scotland, Canada and Tennessee in the United States, is a drink that is not exported from these shores.

Awaiting conformation

&quot;Head of Transnational Crime, Superintendent Warren Clarke, is aware of the matter and is trying to link with Dutch authorities and Interpol to get an exact brief on the seizure,&quot; head of communications at the Constabulary Communication Network, Karl Angell, told The Gleaner last night.

He said, however, the superintendent's efforts were constrained by the fact that it was night in The Netherlands. &quot;By today, we should be able to confirm or deny the story,&quot; he added.

The Reuters report quoted Dutch authorities stating this was their largest seizure ever from the island nation. It also said that the 1,100 kilos of the drug had already been destroyed.

&quot;We've had bigger seizures but not from Jamaica,&quot; a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor said.

The report said that a special team comprised of seaport police, customs, the financial crimes investigation service and the public prosecutor's office found the container last week in Rotterdam, Europe's biggest port.

The container was targeted for an in-depth search based on a risk analysis of customs, and was immediately identified as suspicious by a drug dog.

Police arrested five men on Monday at the warehouse in Amsterdam where the container was delivered.

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