Luis Orellana-Orellana, 59, of Costa Rica, was sentenced by District Court Judge Wilma Lewis to 37 months after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more that 4,000 pounds
Luis Orellana-Orellana, 59, of Costa Rica, was sentenced by District Court Judge Wilma Lewis to 37 months after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more that 4,000 pounds
$1.28 Million Seized and Four Men Arrested in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, by Homeland Security Investigations Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Caribbean Anti-Money Laundering Alliance (CMLA), seized $1.28 million in cash in the Stumpy Beach area on the west end of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Special agents found the cash in an abandoned vehicle and arrested four men.
CBP officers saw a silver Ford Explorer with dark-tinted windows passing by. CBP, closely observing the movements of an unknown man, saw a vessel that navigated through the waters, and the Ford Explorer flashed their lightbar. The law enforcement officers searched the vehicle and found wet bags with vacuum-sealed bundles of currency.