The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that the MV Throne vessel (See Photo Above), which was found to be transporting cocaine earlier this week, be seized as an exhibit and be subject to forfeiture as an instrumentality of the crime under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Three of the 18 foreign nationals who were arrested when Coast Guard Officers intercepted the vessel on Wednesday appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Virtual Court on Friday, charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

The men have been identified as Indian Nationals Shaikh Arif Noor Mohammed and Chandan Kumar Singh, and Turkey national Behzat Tokgoz. (See photos below).