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The Bahamas. and. O.P.B.A.T. Presented By: Mr. Basil Collie Assistant Superintendent of Police Drug Enforcement Unit Royal Bahamas Police Force At the Thirty-Fourth 34 th Regular Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) Montreal, Canada
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The Bahamas and O.P.B.A.T.
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.
D.E.A. U.S.C.G. U.S.C.S. D.O.D. D.O.S.
R.B.P.F. R.B.D.F.
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. 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.
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 Persons Arrested Cocaine Marijuana Marijuana Plants Hashish Oil 43,704 lbs. 59,155 lbs. 53,345 9,094 414
Major Drug Seizures Since O.P.B.A.T.’s Inception
1982 - 2003 Type of Drugs Quantity Cocaine Marijuana 185,236 lbs. 883,705 lbs.