4 Women sentenced for using Freedom of the Seas to smuggle cocaine
Four Washington D.C. women were sentenced for plotting to smuggle more than six kilos of cocaine into the United States on a cruise ship.
Four Washington D.C. women were sentenced for plotting to smuggle more than six kilos of cocaine into the United States on a cruise ship.
Melina Roberge , 22, and Isabelle Lagace , 28, form Canada took a dream cruise around the world from London to Sydney on a luxury Princess cruise ship, Sea Princess. With stops in Canada, United States, cross the Panama Canal, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the islands of Polynesia, New Zealand and Australia, the cruise lasted almost two months.
U.S. Immigration and Customs officers arrested four women for smuggling cocaine, after their week long Royal Caribbean cruise. ABC WFTV9 network reports that Ciera Bryant, Lakisha Abney, Shenique Milbourne and Shawnta Aiken were arrested on May 15 after they disembarked in Port Canaveral from Freedom of the Seas with over 6,5 kilograms of cocaine hidden in their bras and girdles. The U.S.
Brazil Federal Police arrested a 39-year-old woman with 4.5 kilos of cocaine in Buzios. The cocaine was hidden in an abdominal strap and the woman was caught trying to bring the drugs onboard the cruise ship MSC Splendida. According to the officials, the drug was found by federal officers of the Bureau of Macae, in Rio, conducting routine inspection with the ship's passengers. The agents suspected of the unusual volume in woman’s abdomen and her suspicious behavior. A policewoman made a personal search and located the cocaine packages.