{"id":36241,"date":"2013-05-31T08:07:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T12:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=36241"},"modified":"2013-05-31T08:07:36","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T12:07:36","slug":"cruise-ship-worker-tried-smuggling-bricks-of-cocaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/05\/cruise-ship-worker-tried-smuggling-bricks-of-cocaine","title":{"rendered":"Cruise Ship Worker Tried Smuggling Bricks Of Cocaine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Federal agents arrested a crew member of the Bahamas Celebration cruise ship after he tried to smuggle two bricks of cocaine into the Port of Palm Beach, according to a criminal complaint.<\/p>\n

Dannys Daniel Sjogreen-Gutierrez was taken into custody by Customs and Border Protection agents Tuesday after he disembarked from the Bahamas Celebration ship at the Riviera Beach port.<\/p>\n

The alleged recipient of the cocaine, Everett Marvin Patton, also was arrested after Homeland Security Investigations agents set up a bust in which Sjogreen-Gutierrez passed Patton a fake brick of cocaine, agents said.<\/p>\n

The complaint outlines the allegations:<\/p>\n

Sjogreen-Gutierrez was stopped after cruise ship security staffers subjected him to a routine pat-down as he left the 1,200-passenger ship, which according to the Celebration Cruise Line website docks at the Riviera Beach port and makes two-night excursions to Grand Bahama Island.<\/p>\n

The security personnel found two bricks of powder cocaine weighing about one kilogram, or just over two pounds. In South Florida, a kilo of cocaine has a street value of about $25,000.<\/p>\n

Sjogreen-Gutierrez was turned over to border agents and interviewed by agents with Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n

He said he had met with a supplier in Freeport, Bahamas, who also provided him with a 561-area code phone number for the buyer. Sjogreen-Gutierrez’s payment was to be $2,500.<\/p>\n

The buyer was “later determined by agents to be Patton.”<\/p>\n

Agents gave Sjogreen-Gutierrez a “brick of sham cocaine” and arrested Patton when he accepted the fake brick in a meeting at a Riviera Beach gas station.<\/p>\n

Both face one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. Sjogreen-Gutierrez also faces a possession-related count, while Patton faces an attempted possession charge.<\/p>\n

Representatives of Celebration Cruise Line, the cruise operator, couldn’t be reached for comment Thursday.<\/p>\n

By Brett Clarkson<\/span><\/em>
\nSun Sentinel<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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