The reigning Soca Monarch of Antigua & Barbuda Tian Winter is expected to turn up the heat tonight at the Jolly Harbour Valentine’s Day Regatta and Rum festival.

Three men are in custody following the seizure of a massive four million dollars worth of cannabis, believed to have been smuggled into Antigua by boat.

Local authorities have secured their second money laundering conviction on record following guilty pleas by Venezuelan couple Juan Antonio Gil Diaz, 29, and Andreina Guerra Marin, 20, who had to forfeit over $124,000 to the state yesterday.

An alert security guard keeping watch at Jolly Harbour interrupted thieves pilfering diesel from a storage container belonging to the community’s management, Caribbean Development Antigua Ltd (CDAL).

Caribbean Developments Antigua Limited (CDAL), the company that manages the Jolly Harbour community, has been successful in getting a freeze order removed from US$3 million in assets.

Employees at Caribbean Developments Antigua Limited (CDAL), which manages the Jolly Harbour community, are bracing for further effects of a multi-million dollar battle between management and a former director.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fire that destroyed four vehicles on New Year’s Day, all of which belonged to Caribbean Developers Limited (CDL) that manages operations of Jolly Harbour.

Three Spanish–speaking men accused in a summary case of money laundering were yesterday denied bail when they went before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh with a plea to be released until their trial.

Two Venezuelans and a native of the Dominican Republic are set to go before a magistrate today on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit the act.

“They brought no evidence of fingerprints to match Kaniel Martin. They brought no evidence of footprints to match Kaniel Martin. They brought no evidence of GSR (gunshot residue) to match Kaniel Martin.”