Comments on: Two ‘Missing Sailors’ Arrested On Arrival

By: SMH

SMH — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:04:28 +0000

Hello people, I’m a family member. I will support my Family no matter what. What they do in their life is their choice and we can’t tell anyone how to live their life. NO one is perfect and EVERYONE makes mistakes, even a Pastor or Preacher. I could care less what most Bermuda’s are saying about what they think went on. I am just glad that my Family member is home safe & well. & if they had something to do with this drug transaction, they are grown ass men and would face their consequences, it’s as simple as that. And it’s so funny because I bet most of the people that comment on here have or had a Familly member that was caught selling drugs, transporting drugs, having an illegal weapon and so on. In pretty much every Family there’s a criminal no matter what any of you think and you support them or are there for them, because they’re Family. You would let them know they were stupid or wrong for whatever they did, but you would be there for them. For the people that say where are the Families that were defending them, NO we weren’t, we just asked that the community pray for their safe return. So, thank you to the people who prayed for our Family members to return home safe & well.

By: Grizz

Grizz — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:37:13 +0000

Uncle Rukus is not your REAL NAME…so you might as well be anonymous too! Honestly, you really irritate me but you are entitled to your freedom of speech!

By: Grizz

Grizz — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:04:47 +0000

How the hell did politics get into this? SMH…any opportunity

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:11:52 +0000

People should do the math. a saildboat gets caught with $13mil near DR…then some other boat coming here gets “lost” near DR.. .???

no one needs “inside information” to figure this one out.

By: navin r johnson

navin r johnson — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:24:02 +0000

vote for another party…they have to try to keep the rich people rich…they are now rich after 12 years in power and could care less about you ….

By: Reality Check

Reality Check — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:38:53 +0000

LMAWO

By: Reality Check

Reality Check — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:32:20 +0000

I wonder who told u they jus Happen 2 go sailing. Yes they alledgedly bought in drugs but there’s more to the story peeps. Innocent till proven guilty! Quit all the idol talk!┌П┐

By: umm

umm — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:53:54 +0000

where the drugs on the carefree…. this is why i hate media…. just there to create stories to generate money…. rubbish

By: ok

ok — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:07:33 +0000

That is not always true. That guy Stanford was a Billionaire but he was still trying to steal more money!

By: bernews

bernews — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:39:26 +0000

The specifics of the exact reason for arrest hasn’t been officially released as of yet, although the official statement gives some indication to the nature: “Police officers have intercepted two vessels this morning during a marine operation, one being the Carefree IV. As a result five individuals have been arrested, including the two man crew of the Carefree IV and a significant quantity of suspected drugs has been seized.”

By: mib512

mib512 — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:09:15 +0000

that was the decoy, and what were the guys on the yacht arrested for

By: mib512

mib512 — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:03:48 +0000

can someone tell me what the 2 guys on the yacht were arrested for

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:42:32 +0000

Plauseable but not likely. The radar, linked to Ft George, on top of Gibbs lighthouse covers the west end pretty well making it difficult to get into Elys unoticed. There is no need to have human eyes on the radar all the time either. Even the most basic of boat based radars can have an audible warning if a new target is found or moves into a certain area.

By: kathy

kathy — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:48:27 +0000

This is a well I never story.

By: Arthur - Atlanta

Arthur - Atlanta — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:44:41 +0000

I agree with you 110%
Nobody skilled enough to navigate across the ocean is that dumb!
It was all part of a plan.

By: Arthur - Atlanta

Arthur - Atlanta — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:41:00 +0000

Now here is my take on this whole deal movie script style:
Bad Guys “Ok everybody listen up “We’re gonna stage a (small) missing boat and crew scene. Hype everyone and everybody up to search for them, stretch it out over a few weeks, get local and international media coverage etc. They then show up out of the blue and then get this! they disappear again. While the police, customs, harbor radio and coast guard’s focus is on them finally coming in the front door with 1 ounce of product, team #2 with the big boat and 16 pounds of product comes in the back door where no one is looking. Our plan is fool proof”

Movie plot style I know..but possible.

By: navin r johnson

navin r johnson — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:43:39 +0000

Praise God they got caught.

By: Tigga

Tigga — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:00:30 +0000

Good point Triangle Drifter – the guys at Fort George have been overlooked. Clearly a superb team effort – the head of narcotics should be commended too.

By: Enough Is Enough

Enough Is Enough — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:06:41 +0000

“Dumb & Dumber”, did they really think they would not be caught. It was just too obvious to me what they were up too. What a welcome home after 52 days

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:47:45 +0000

Not quite what I envisioned on their return either. I was thinking Regiment band, Gombeys,The Kernal, Premier, religious leaders praising their safe return, Zane, Dale everyone else who would not miss a photo op.

Oh well… we don’t even get a shot of the intrepid mariners who were out for an extended cruise.

Hope there is video cause they sure deserve their few seconds of fame on Worlds Dumbest Crooks. lets not forget their equally stupid local associates.

How stupid could they be? A piece of driftwood does not get near St Georges without Harbour Radio knowing about it. It is not like they are real busy up there on the hill tracking hundreds of ships passing by. Hanging around out of sight of land does not mean that you are not known about.

Good job BPS & the people at Ft George.

By: Cinderella

Cinderella — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:23:00 +0000

In our family no-one lets a lie go unnoticed or a story go uninvestigated. The whole bunch of us tell off the liar (2 yr old or 72 yr old) AND make them undo the damage in front of us. Guess how many of the boys have had trouble as teenagers? ZERO. Who do they go to for support? The ones who showed them how to grow a backbone. Are they happy/content/not worried about getting high? Seems so.

By: Uncle Ruckus

Uncle Ruckus — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:22:24 +0000

Exactly! Tell these big mouths. They have a lot to say online anonymously. SMH.

By: White Jesus

White Jesus — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:08:55 +0000

Man this is soooo not how I envisioned their return. Did anyone else picture gombeys on the dock to greet our poor lost sailors? Oh well, shonk donk da donk to ya bunk da cell gates go “CALUNK”

By: Reconsider

Reconsider — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:07:52 +0000

Maybe the PLP are not gangstaa friendly after all.

By: Tee wants to see peace

Tee wants to see peace — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:23:15 +0000

Big ships passing food!!!!!!!!!!! yeah right, I bet, funny how coast guard never saw them for 2 whole days. Carribbean my foot, If they had gone to the Carribbean I promise they would’ve been snatched up a long time ago…….. Big ships sailing in the ocean!!!!!!!!!!!Wonder what the ships really gave them haha

By: Tee wants to see peace

Tee wants to see peace — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:16:23 +0000

Good job POLICE. A large quantity has been found but the weight of the drugs not listed, and also to get the public confidence why don’t you in Government, police, and customs allow a public viewing of all illegal drugs and guns get destroyed ..Curious

By: DeeBee

DeeBee — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:04:33 +0000

I’ve been following this story all day and indeed the Carefree IV situation since December. My first reation was similar to most of the posts here, “What a bunch of idiots!” But in thinking and re-thinking through it all, I was struck by another possibilty, which I’ll outline below for comments.

1.) The execution of this alleged “drug run” was so daft and ill-conceived that it almost defies belief.
2.) That these men, who managed to survive the December and January storms and gales, which we all experienced here (15′-25′ seas for sustained periods)in a 31′ boat were, whether experienced seamen or not, surely not stupid.

What is the possibility that this was merely a decoy?

It happens all the time in other places around the world. Cartels regularly sacrifice “small” quantities of product (and personnel) in order to divert attention away from the “real” shipment. The authorities and politicians are happy as they get a great big headline. The cartel is equally happy as they can continue business as usual at a relatively small cost.

Just a thought.

By: Call as it is

Call as it is — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:58:40 +0000

100 Comments so far….

More than when a person is shot…

abandon ship,bermy is sinking

By: Dragging A Lure

Dragging A Lure — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:48:00 +0000

Thanks to the Colonel for making our island and boarders safer.

By: bernews

bernews — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:28:26 +0000

Sorry, hate to infringe free speech, but its sounds all well and good to let people say what they like, but when the lawsuit or arrest warrant for defamation comes only we are responsible.

We have to follow some legal guidelines, and are easily the most lenient with comments…and catch a lot of heat for being so…

Hope you can understand, and thanks for the comments…

By: common sense

common sense — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:21:18 +0000

I was talking about the persons post who I replied to. Only seems to comment on negative, my guess, they like whats going on, and want to keep seeing people suffer. These people take risks because maybe thats the lasts means of survival. Come on, you never hear of a rich person being involved in these situations, because they don’t need to take the risk, or maybe…they have enough to pay off the dirty cops!!! scandal wins I guess lol

By: Organized Crimes

Organized Crimes — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:05:44 +0000

Dont know why my comment was edited BERNEWS let the truth be told! Thats the problem today everything gets covered up and pushed to the side like it dont exist. SMH BERNEWS I dont know what to think of you guys at this point.

By: common sense

common sense — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:56:35 +0000

Remember corruption starts from d top, and then it dwindles down to the street level, were only they are prosecuted, and not those at the top, smh!!!!

By: It Is What It Is?

It Is What It Is? — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:39:50 +0000

Thank you for that!!! But the same ones you mentioned (you know the ones in caps) you’ll hear from them again because you used the “C” word that everybody runs from..they don’t want to hear that…I’m like you…let’s take a look at the bigger picture….Let’s get ready to ruuummmble!!!

By: just fishin'

just fishin' — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:38:25 +0000

Hey! Lighten up! This is what Social Media is all about. Sure there are some off-the-wall thoughts but wouldn’t life be boring if we sat back and wrote nothing? Have you looked at exchanges on similar comment pages overseas? They make us look like a bunch of wusses!

I don’t follow your comment about a lack of comments on the other news of the day….I’ve just had a look and there are quite a few. However, human nature is what it is and a drug bust is more exciting than most other news. In any community anywhere…scandal wins every time!

By: heartless

heartless — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:37:57 +0000

wow

By: Organized Crimes

Organized Crimes — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:21:18 +0000

It amazing how some of your think SMH. Praise god for their safety. Their families must be happy that their still alive and may not have known their intentions at all. If you don’t believe that your a fool and to all those above running their mouth when MISSY stated the same thing not 1 of you ” TERRY, WHITE JESUS AND TRUTH IS KILLEN ME” had shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht to say. RUN TELL THAT. This island is built on corruption who you fooling. ORGANIZED CRIME!
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By: Watchful EYE

Watchful EYE — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:19:37 +0000

I agree with your comment to a point but there is a thing called sacrafice and hardwork and with that comes rewards like promotions and advancement to better yourself in a job that you may not like but you have to do to survive.
So think about that before you go down that path of easy money and jail time as a reward.

By: White Jesus

White Jesus — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:15:56 +0000

Really it is unfortunate for anyone to have a family member involved in criminal behaviour. I empathise with that. But the BACKBONE that’s missing amongst our population is the ability to stand out for JUSTICE even if it be against your ownself or your family. We can’t demand justice ONLY when its not our family. If my family member did this i’d be on here BLASTING them! I’d go and visit them, give em a hug, tell em I love them and then ask the judge to carry out the LAW. If you are too coward to do this i’m sorry but the future will ‘weed’ you out. Tommorrow is not yours. Love your family but don’t be a HYPOCRITE!!

By: from outside the looking glass

from outside the looking glass — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:11:15 +0000

Sorry but this is just economics coupled with lack of intelligence. It’s really about demand and profits(smart guys do this in the summer with better equipment!). Even moreso than the rest of the western world, we’ve got a lot of money and a lot of leisure time here (broadly speaking of course). People also spend a LOT more for their drugs here than anywhere else – this is due to the constriction of the supply into the island, the ‘risk price’ involved, and monopolies/corruption in the supply chain. High demand, limited supply = high prices. The black market thrives due to ridiculous profits reaped (see Prohibition). Essentially, if you have no education and can’t get a good job, you can move stuff for Mr Big Fish. You also do his other dirty work (shooting, enforcing). Or, if you have an education but don’t want to work, you can start your own ‘business’ and go get it yourself.
We’ll continue to lock guys up with violent criminals, small timers will get shot over territory disputes, police spend time enforcing, taxpayers poor money in. Dog chases tail.
OR we ca legalize ‘drugs’. Take away the profits, take away the black market. Money on policing/imprisoning gets redirected to education and addiction services. Time wasted chasing dealers and importers goes to more police on the streets, preventing person-on-person crime. Shootings go away over time, place is safer. And (slightly tongue-in-cheek) I can guarantee tourism goes way up!

By: Max

Max — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:06:51 +0000

I agree!

By: It Is What It Is?

It Is What It Is? — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:01:49 +0000

My sentiments exactly!!! Don’t know the guys and Don’t know the story..I’ll what for the FACTS even though Truth is killin” me seems to think that they have an inside track…Bermuda’s Island Enquirer……

By: Tigga

Tigga — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:59:27 +0000

mmm – not a lot being said by those who had their heads in the sand when those with half a brain called this one!!

These have got to be the 2 stupidest people to have ever walked the planet. Go west fellas! ROTFLMAO

By: small biz

small biz — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:54:06 +0000

Oh well, the economy will never get back on track now!

By: jj

jj — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:53:41 +0000

IF THERE WERE GUNS – HOPE POLICE FIND THEM. ENOUGH OF THE TAKING OF HUMAN
LIFE – GOD GIVES LIFE – ONLY HE CAN TAKE LIFE AND HE IS A JEALOUS GOD CONCERNING
THE LIFE HE GIVES.

By: It Is What It Is?

It Is What It Is? — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:52:41 +0000

@ Truth…so what part of my comment is incorrect..I don’t give a rats A*& who tracked who, what, where, when or how..What I did say if you need me to modify it for your learning Support self..NO drugs were found on Carefree only the Boston Whaler..I’m not saying there is no connection…So Run Tell That!! NEXT!!!!

Always so quick to ATTEMPT to try and point out others errors ATTEMPTING to be sarcastic…Don’t just read what is on the page..try reading with understanding!!!! NXT!!!!

By: common sense

common sense — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:51:31 +0000

Here we go again, your a great candidate for our next PREMIER, Mr. know it all. SMH

By: Well

Well — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:49:37 +0000

So where do you stay

so I can come and ROB your SORRY ASS

I need some money also

By: common sense

common sense — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:49:25 +0000

I come on this site to gain information and facts, most people that comment are very great people, and speak facts. Unfortunately we have a select few that wake up every morning, log onto bernews, just to criticize and belittle people. The belittlement does not revolve around only drug(or plant as i should say, made illegal because blacks, and mexicans used it) seizures, but anything that is posted on this site. Well i shouldn’t say anything that is posted, because I haven’t seen you comment on the previous post “US Black History Event’s Bermuda Focus”, nor have u posted on “2011 Projection: 11% Increase in Cruise Visitors”.However you commented on “Minister to Employers: ‘Explore Local Expertise’, and sarcastic comments at that, smh. I for one no that I am not perfect, or anybody else to that matter, and mistakes are made, life. But it seems that your an exception, and perfect is printed on your forehead, no mistakes from you, PERFECTION. Can you give me some insight, on how i can become like you, and be perfect, it would greatly be appreciated. P.S, I for sure hope White Jesus aint who he claims, cause now I know why we are in this state were in now, you probably used sarcasm to divide your people, and cause destruction lol.

By: Well

Well — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:46:55 +0000

If they are so happy to be HOME

then

they should have BEEN home long time ago

and the weather didn’t preventthem from coming in

they had a working ENGINE