Drug trafficking in Kenskoff

On the night from Saturday to Sunday the National Police of Haiti (PNH) accompanied by a justice of the peace, arrested during a search in Dumusseau (commune of Kenskoff) 2 individuals Bruno Chérubin (29) and Samuel Chérubin (25) charged with drug trafficking. The police seized, among other things during the search, several 5.56-caliber ammunitions, two mobile phones and several plastic bags containing a substance comparable to marijuana.

Pre-carnival celebrations 1 dead

For the first Sunday of the pre-carnival festivities, the Port-au-Prince Civil Protection unit reported the death of a person fatally injured following a gunshot attack by an individual for unknown reasons. The attacker was neutralized and arrested by agents of the National Police of Haiti.

In addition, the order of the parade was : Chawolen, Fanfan then CashCash. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/article-29797-haiti-carnaval-2020-debut-des-activites-pre-carnavalesques.html

Arms trafficking : Larco auditioned again

The alleged firearms trafficker, the businessman Arby Frantz Larco, arrested on December 24, 2019 : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29607-haiti-flash-dismantling-of-a-large-network-of-weapons-and-ammunition.html was heard on January 16 in the presence of its lawyer, Me Patrick Laurent, by the investigating judge Berge O. Surprised. The hearing lasted approximately three hours. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29651-haiti-flash-a-list-of-buyers-seized-from-the-arms-trafficker-larco.html

PNH : Balance of the operation at Croix-des-Bouquets

Chief Inspector Gary Desrosiers, Deputy spokesperson for the Haitian National Police (PNH), gave a summary report of the major police operation on January 15 in Croix-des-Bouquets, on the territory of the "Lanmò san jou" gang : 9 stolen vehicles, a 9 mm caliber pistol belonging to the PNH, 25 stolen mobile phones were seized. There were exchanges of fire but no arrests were recorded.

Preparations for the Cap-Haitien Carnival

Saturday, January 18, an important meeting was held at the premises of the Committee of the 350th between the members of the Carnival Committee and other actors, in order to finalize the artistic plan for the Carnival 350 years of the city of Cap-Haitien which will unfold around the theme "Okap se fyète m, se fyète w , se fyète tout Aysyen".

Towards elections to the Port-au-Prince bar

The General Assembly of lawyers of the Port-au-Prince bar is convened on Friday 17 and 24 January to the Court of Cassation to examine the organization of elections for the new Bâtonnier, informed the outgoing Bâtonnier Me Stanley Gaston "The political turbulence forced the actors to postpone the sine die the holding of the elections; the current climate is calmer, more conducive to the organization of these elections" announcing "unofficially" that 7 candidates would be in the running for the batonat.

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