Good news. On Friday, we posted that the captain of the U.S. flag heavy lift ship, MV Ocean Atlas, had been arrested in Maracaibo, Venezuela after three rifles were found aboard the ship. The rifles had reportedly been listed in the ship’s manifest. Reports are that Venezuelan authorities had raided the ship, acting on a tip that illegal drugs were onboard. When no drugs were found, Captain Jeffrey Raider was arrested for arms trafficking based on the three locked-away rifles. There were reports that the rest of the 14 man crew would also be charged. A U.S. State Department official confirmed Sunday that the charges had been dropped. The ship is expected to sail today or tomorrow.
The M/V Ocean Atlas is an 8,000 DWT multipurpose ship with a 400 tonne lifting capacity. One of four heavy-lift vessels of Intermarine’s U.S.-flag heavy-lift affiliate, U.S. Ocean, the ship is operated by Crowley.
Venezuela drops arms trafficking charges against U.S. ship crew
I have many good friends who are from Venezuela, they now live in Canada. All of them did military service and came from military families. To a “T” they all say Chavis is crazy, he was nuts as a colonel so that’s why they sent him to the airborne. They all say the middle and upper society hate him, alas if you give the poor everything then you will always get reflected. This stunt is purely pocking a stick in the American eye. Unfortunately you need his oil.