CBP Arrests Wanted Fugitive at an Arriving Cruise Vessel
(Sunday, September 11, 2011)
contacts for this news release
San Juan, Puerto Rico – Yesterday morning, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers identified a wanted 30-year-old male, Yaw Okyere Twumbaah, who had an outstanding warrant by Miami Dade Police Department authorities for various drug related charges.
(Sunday, September 11, 2011)
contacts for this news release
San Juan, Puerto Rico – Yesterday morning, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers identified a wanted 30-year-old male, Yaw Okyere Twumbaah, who had an outstanding warrant by Miami Dade Police Department authorities for various drug related charges.
Customs
and Border Protection officers performing routine screening of arriving
vessels at the Pan American Dock West in San Juan, PR, identified Mr.
Twumbaah as a positive match to a National Crime Information Center
docket.
Upon his arrival on board the M/V Serenade of
the Seas, his identity and extradition were confirmed and he was turned
over to custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Homeland Security Investigations for extradition.
The
outstanding warrant for Mr. Twumbaah details charges by Miami Dade
Police Department for possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia
“Customs and Border Protection is an agency committed to securing our
borders while at the same time cooperating with other law enforcement
agencies in the enforcement of U.S. laws. CBP officers are always
vigilant to detect individuals that have broken our laws and attempt to
defeat our justice system,” said Marcelino Borges, director of field
operations for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
U.S.
Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the
Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and
protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of
entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out
of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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