PHILIPSBURG:--- Detectives at KPSM seem to be making headway in the drug bust investigation they started last week Thursday January 30th, 2014.
On Friday, detectives arrested a second customs officer identified as Alexander Luciano. Customs Officer Alexander Lucianio has been working at PJIAE for the past 26 years, sources close to the second suspect said he also has a severe medical condition.
Prosecutor Tineke Kamps said she will not confirm neither deny if a second customs officer was arrested in the case that is being investigated by KPSM. "We have agreed not to say anything for now so I will stick to the agreement we made," Prosecutor Kamps told SMN News when she was contacted on Friday.
However, Kamps said that the first senior customs officer Nestor Sanchez is now in pre-trial detention as the judge of instruction extended his pre-trial detention on Friday. On January 30th, 2014 police and customs officers searched an Insel Air flight that landed at the Princess Juliana International Airport and they found 270 kilos of cocaine. Shortly after police arrested customs officer Nestor Sanchez somewhere in Cole Bay. SMN News will bring you more information on the arrest of the second customs officer when it becomes available.
