Authorities are trying to get to the bottom of how a Vincentian-owned and registered fishing boat was held in what has been described as the largest maritime seizure in 18 years.In an operation on February 16, the United States Drug Enforcement Agency successfully stopped a transhipment of 185 bales of cocaine, weighing 4.2 tonnes, on board the Lady Michelle in Suriname in international waters. The cocaine had a street value of over US$71.75 million. The crew, which included four Guyanese, had initially claimed they had been searching for a missing vessel and that the Lady Michelle was registered in Guyana. However, a check by the US law enforcers revealed that the boat was registered in St Vincent.
