Transcript Royal Bahamas Police Force

Presented By:
Mr. Basil Collie
Assistant Superintendent of Police
Drug Enforcement Unit
Royal Bahamas Police Force
At the Thirty-Fourth 34th Regular Session of the
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
(CICAD)
Montreal, Canada
November 17th to 20th, 2003
Drug Trafficking in the Bahamas
U.S.A.
Bahamas
Turks and Caicos
Jamaica
Haiti and Dominican
Republic
Columbia
100,000 sq. miles of Bahamian
Territorial Waters is equivalent to
the size of the State of California.
Go-Fast Boat laden with illicit drugs enroute to
Florida being chased by an O.P.B.A.T. Helicopter.
An O.P.B.A.T. Helicopter on routine Patrol in the
Bahamas with Tripart Team Members onboard.
O.P.B.A.T. Surface Asset successfully
intercepts drug shipment.
O.P.B.A.T. Command Center in the Bahamas
O.P.B.A.T. Helicopters with Tripart Team Members
on a Joint Training Exercise.
O.P.B.A.T. Black Hawk Helicopter preparing to
insert a Rapid Response Strike Force Team.
The “Avenger”: A specially built law
enforcement speed boat
O.P.B.A.T. Team Members conducting surveillance on drug
smugglers as they stash their illicit cargo on an uninhabited
cay in The Bahamas.
O.P.B.A.T. Team Members seized 1,100 kilograms of Cocaine
and Arrested several persons. Indictments pending for others.
Major Drug Seizures
1992 to 2003
(Summation)
1992 - 2003
Type of Drugs
Quantity
Cocaine
43,704 lbs.
Marijuana
59,155 lbs.
Marijuana Plants
53,345
Hashish Oil
9,094
Persons Arrested
414
Major Drug Seizures
Since O.P.B.A.T.’s
Inception
1982 - 2003
Type of Drugs
Quantity
Cocaine
185,236 lbs.
Marijuana
883,705 lbs.