Hope this comes up for sale (cheap)

[Rum_Pirate]

This yacht (apparently registered in Wales) was seized in the recent drugs bust in St.Kitts.

Can anyone identify the make/model of the 46'0" yacht?

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – TWO St. Lucians are currently in police custody and will soon be charged after they were caught Saturday (Sept. 1) in St. Kitts-Nevis’ territorial waters aboard a yacht carrying a large quantity of cocaine.
According to the Public Affairs Officer of the St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF), Captain Kayode Sutton, the two men were nabbed during a joint Maritime Anti-Narcotics Operation between the SKNDF Coast Guard and the Dutch Navy Frigate HR. MS. TROMP (F-803).
Sutton explained that the operation was being conducted in the Federation’s waters on Saturday afternoon when a white vessel was seen in the Old Road area and the occupants were acting in a suspicious manner.
“Members of the joint operation had seen a white yacht bearing the name SINESTRA PROVE sailing in the Old Road area, and it was observed that the crew of that vessel was jettisoning bags into the Caribbean Sea.

 

[Talbot]

The trouble with taking on a boat from a drug bust is that it is probably impossible to deep clean it sufficiently for drug dogs not to get a sniff in any follow-up check. Result will be a boat pulled apart.

 

[Storyline]

I agree with Talbot and would be wary about buying a boat with a history of drug running. I knew a guy who bought a MFV that had been involved in landing drugs in Liverpool. He spent several years lovingly restoring her but when he started sailing her he was frequently stopped in the Irish sea even though he was completely unconnected to the original smugglers.

I suspect in your neck of the woods with so many different jurisdictions you might have similar problems.

 

[jhr]

(apparently registered in Wales)

Careful - it may have several leeks!

I'll get me coat.....

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I understand that after a vessel has been "rummaged" by Customs, the interior is likely to have been totally trashed.

 

[AndrewB]

In Dover, we get yachts busted here from time to time for drugs or illegal immigrants.

Because these yachts sell so cheap, I've kept my eye open. Funny thing is though, after a delay of several years, they get disposed of all of a sudden, and you don't hear about it until after the event. Then its always someone connected with Customs or the local Police who has scored a bargain.

 

[2nd_apprentice]

In Dover, we get yachts busted here from time to time for drugs or illegal immigrants.

Because these yachts sell so cheap, I've kept my eye open. Funny thing is though, after a delay of several years, they get disposed of all of a sudden, and you don't hear about it until after the event. Then its always someone connected with Customs or the local Police who has scored a bargain.

Honi soit qui mal y pense

 

[Rum_Pirate]

THE St. Lucian captain of the vessel that was caught on Saturday (Sept. 1) in the Federation’s territorial waters carrying a large quantity of cocaine was sentenced to serve two years with hard labour at Her Majesty’s Prison.

The captain, 56-year-old Vincent Clerice of Marigot, St. Lucia, appeared last Wednesday (Sept. 5) before Her Worship Josephine Mallalieu-Webbe at the Basseterre Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charges of possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to supply to another and importation of cocaine into the Federation.

Clerice pleaded guilty to all three charges but was convicted for importation of cocaine into the Federation and sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour.

He was also fined EC$1,000,000,00 (about £231,500.00) to be paid in nine months and, if in default, will have to serve an additional four-year term in prison with hard labour.

The Chief Magistrate also ordered that the vessel involved in the transshipment of the illicit drugs be forfeited to the Crown and be advertised in the local media for sale at a public auction.

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[Rum_Pirate]

“Further evaluation of the drug revealed that it was 134.108 kilograms at an estimated street value of EC$11,816,255.00.”

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[Tomahawk]

In Dover, we get yachts busted here from time to time for drugs or illegal immigrants.

Because these yachts sell so cheap, I've kept my eye open. Funny thing is though, after a delay of several years, they get disposed of all of a sudden, and you don't hear about it until after the event. Then its always someone connected with Customs or the local Police who has scored a bargain.

They are sold via "The Queens Warehouse" after everything has been to court..
I did contact them once abbout a boat I was interested in, actually in Dover, so it is possible to make a bid.. The problem is that timescales are very long..

 

[itchen]

I messed up on my identification. (Photo sent earlier)
The window configurations on the Sinestra Prove are not the same as those on the Beneteau, although the boats look quite similar to a non-sailor.....
Sorry about that , but , that also means that the Sinestra Prove is still out there ....

 

[sp3]

They are sold via "The Queens Warehouse" after everything has been to court..
I did contact them once abbout a boat I was interested in, actually in Dover, so it is possible to make a bid.. The problem is that timescales are very long..

Have you a contact number or email that you used before for the QW at Dover please?

 

[Tomahawk]

From what I remember.. the Queens Warehouse is based in London. The boat was simply stored in Dover.

 

[sp3]

From what I remember.. the Queens Warehouse is based in London. The boat was simply stored in Dover.

Ok thanks

 

[LittleSister]

From what I remember.. the Queens Warehouse is based in London. The boat was simply stored in Dover.

Shame. I like the idea of a pile of seized boats and other junk out the back at Buckingham Palace.

 

[Biggles Wader]

I thought the Queens Warehouse was dodgy club in Brighton

 

[Daydream believer]

So whilst we are on the subject of captured vessels, there are some nice RIBs used by trans-channel immigrants, that are getting recovered. What happens to those? Or do the traffickers have some scam whereby they claim ownership ( "Not our fault. We thought they were hiring them for a day's water skiing at the beach" etc etc) & we are daft enough to give them back

 

[dgadee]

So whilst we are on the subject of captured vessels, there are some nice RIBs used by trans-channel immigrants, that are getting recovered. What happens to those? Or do the traffickers have some scam whereby they claim ownership ( "Not our fault. We thought they were hiring them for a day's water skiing at the beach" etc etc) & we are daft enough to give them back

Somewhere on Spanish Med coast (can't remember where) I saw adverts on a marina noticeboard which I read as being ribs for sale by the authorities. Didn't seem auction cheap.