Curacao investigators it is understood are waiting on St. Maarten to forward them a progress report on the investigation that is being conducted on St. Maarten. So far, no one has been arrested on St. Maarten. According to well placed sources, an RST Detective that was on board the flight on Thursday was tipped off that loaded firearms were on the flight in two unmarked bags.
The source said the detective inspected the luggages when they were taken out of the aircraft and saw the two unmarked bags, one of which was next to the luggage compartment door while the other one was all the way in the back among the passengers luggages. "Someone in St. Maarten had to take those bags and place them in the plane so it is necessary for St. Maarten to speed up the investigation and arrest the culprits involved in transporting the weapons to Curacao," the source said.
Prosecutor Bart den Hartigh confirmed that no arrests have been made on St. Maarten, Den Hartigh said he is not able to divulge information in the ongoing investigations.
