243 Kg of coke. One arrest. That’s it. That’s
pretty much all the local cops are allowed to tell you.
Unfortunately for them, it’s a very small
island and some of us practically live on that beach where the big drug bust
happened. With a pathetic telescope, you can practically see surveillance
aircraft tracking the drug boats at night.
What cannot be officially confirmed is that
there was a joint operation between the US, St Vincent and St Lucia. Local officials
in both islands cannot, under any circumstances, confirm that a drone was sent
from Puerto Rico to track the movement of a large consignment of cocaine. The
St Lucians could barely make mention of the Vincentians when they finally
confirmed the operation a week after it caused a national sensation.
Furthermore, everyone involved should be at
pains to not make it look like there is an escalation in tensions between
Venezuela and the United States and that Caribbean islands – particularly those
who want a bite of the Petro-Caribe deal – are getting caught in the middle.
Marisule beach is usually one of the
quietest places in St Lucia.
It is less than 100 metres of sand,
bordered by urchined rocks, with a litter of sea fans and old conch shells,
depending on the time of year.
Usually, it is a recreational community
beach, but sometimes, a canoe pulls up with potfish and the beach reverts to an
older time. A good fish sale was the most action that beach ever saw before
that drug bust.
This week after endless investigation,
procrastination and vascillation, the cops finally confessed that there was a
bust and an arrest. They excused the delay in addressing the matter saying that
the operation was continuing even after the bust on the beach was over.
But given the paucity of information they
finally provided, couldn’t they have addressed in all before?
What are the cops hiding about this drug
bust that they should be boasting about?
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