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Haiti Drug Enforcement Agency (BLTS)

The Drug Enforcement Agency in Haiti is known as BLTS, La Brigade de Lutte contre le Trafic de Stupefiants (the Anti-Trafficking Enforcement Brigade in English). BLTS works hand in hand with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) of the United States.

Haitian rapper IZOLAN arrested then released by the police

Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2021

Haitian rapper IZOLAN arrested by police

Haitian artist Izolan, member of member of the Barikad Crew rap group, was arrested by police Wednesday March 24th 2021 as he was about to board a plane heading to the Dominican Republic.

According to news reports the rapper was arrested by BLTS, the Drug Enforcement brigade of the Haitian national police force.

Hey was questioned then released later that day.

So far there are no specific details as to why he was detained. however, he is known as a close friend of Youri Chevry, the former mayor of port au Prince who recently seek asylum in the Dominican Republic because of his affiliation with Phantom 509, a group of rogue police officers well known for holding violent street protests in Haiti.

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Haiti Drug Bust : A Former Haiti Depute arrested with 400 kilos of Marijuana

Posted on Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Haiti Depute Jean Fenel Thanis - 49th Legislature

PoliFont, Haiti's border police arrested Jean Fenel Thanis a former deputy of Les Cayes / Ile a Vache, was arrested Tuesday with 400 kilos of marijuana in Ganthier, a town en route to the Haiti-Dominican border.

The former Depute is answering questions of the police Haiti's drug enforcement agency (BLTS) on charges of illicit trafficking of narcotics

Depute Jean Fenel Thanis was arrested with two other individuals, Jean Edrick Pompe and Keshuss Cambell, a Jamaican national, for illicit trafficking of narcotics.

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