Police took up surveillance of a go-fast speed boat several days before a similar vessel was seized in connection with a $4 million marijuana seizure, a magistrate's court heard yesterday.
Officers 971 Breon Davis and 2584 Patrick Clarke testified that they observed the vessel near a boat hangar at Arawak Cay in September 2009.
According to the officers, they saw Stephen Stubbs of Ridgeland Park, Dion Minnis of Rupert Dean Lane and David Colebrooke of Jasmine Gardens, on the blue boat with three outboard engines.
Officer Clarke said he was part of another surveillance team near Blue Water Cay on September 21. He said he saw Stubbs, Colebrooke, Minnis and Selvin Hudson putting a blue boat with three outboard engines into the water.
He said Colebrooke and Hudson left on the boat.
Clarke said that on September 30 he and other officers took up surveillance on the eastern shoreline. He said he saw a boat with one person onboard approaching the shoreline.
Clarke said he later saw a white hatchback Honda Civic leaving the boat ramp near Blue Water Cay. He said he and Cpl 2114 Greenslade eventually stopped the car, which was driven by Stubbs. He said Colebrooke was the front seat passenger.
According to Clarke, he recovered a Garmin GPS 478 MAP from under the front seat of the car. Clarke said he examined the GPS and retrieved the coordinates. He said the device timestamped each location travelled every 15 seconds.
Clarke testified he went to the DEA unit on Exuma in March. He said they went into a helicopter and flew over the identical coordinates that were retrieved from the GPS found in the vehicle.
All of the men face charges of conspiracy to import and possession of marijuana with intent to supply. Colebrooke and Hudson are charged with drug importation and drug possession with intent to supply.
Vernal Collie, a chief counsel in the Office of the Attorney General, is the prosecutor. Murrio Ducille and Dion Smith are the defense lawyers.
The case continues before Deputy Chief Magistrate Carolita Bethell this month.
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