T&T: Is there a defense?

[Truelove39 at aol.com]

Caribbean legend has it that the USCG boarded a cruising  boat in the VI and 
in one cabin found a small stash of weed. When the  crew was questioned, one 
guest confessed, "It's mine." Because the culprit  was a guest the boat was 
neither impounded nor the skipper  fined.  Don't know if true or not, but agree 
that the best defense is  to tell guests ahead of time they are not to bring 
any illegal drugs aboard. Of  course, this would immediately exclude most 
boat-boys in the Eastern  Caribbean from coming aboard for a cold one! 

Regards,
 
John
"Seahorse"
 
 

> A non-boating drug incident we heard  about recently got us to wondering 
what
would happen if a guest brought drugs  aboard and we were stopped for a safety
check and these were found. Or say  the guest hid them and they were forgotten
and later found in a boarding. Is  there a way to protect your self from
prosecution and the vessel from  confiscation when you are totally innocent 
and
unaware of the  drugs?








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