FOUR ORDERED DEPORTED FROM TERRITORY

His Excellency Governor Thomas Macan has signed deportation orders for four persons convicted of offenses including drug possession, theft, smuggling, burglary, and illegal entry.

The deportation orders were made on the recommendation of the Chief Immigration Officer and on the advice of Chief Minister Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith. The deportees are nationals of Jamaica, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, and the United States of America.

The Chief Minister said Government intends to work closely with the National Intelligence Coordinating and Tasking Committee to heighten surveillance activity of persons who are here illegally, are unemployed, or are loitering with no intent. The National Intelligence Coordinating and Tasking Committee comprises top police, customs, and immigration officials and is tasked with identifying security threats and developing ways in which to combat those threats.

The Immigration and Passport Ordinance allows deportation of non-belongers who have been convicted of an offence within the Territory punishable with imprisonment for three months or more.

Acting Chief Immigration Officer Mr. Malverne Brathwaite said that the Immigration Department will not hesitate to deport persons who fit these criteria. “Most certainly the Department of Immigration will work urgently and forthrightly to ensure that persons who are undesirable and not conducive to the public good are deported through the proper procedures of the law,” he said.

The persons approved for deportation are: 

Robert Haldon Ayars (United States of America); convicted of possession of a controlled drug, namely cannabis. 

Roy Skinard Massicot (Dominica); convicted of illegal entry into the Virgin Islands, smuggling, and failing to land when ordered by a customs officer.

Robert Thompson (Jamaica); convicted of overstaying his landing permit and theft. 

Kyle Cleveland Weekes (St. Kitts and Nevis); convicted of burglary.