Lady Lawla, at sea on October 12.
Samuels, the defence lawyer for David Chin, owner of the carrier vessel, insists that its destruction was an illegal act.
Speaking during a press conference yesterday, he said that the circumstances under which the 92-foot vessel was destroyed breached Jamaica’s Maritime Drug Trafficking (Suppression) Act as well as the Shiprider Agreement between Jamaica and the United States.
“Jamaica must be concerned that within its economic zone in the Caribbean Sea, a boat has been destroyed, literally emptying thousands of gallons of fuel, waste and pollution into the sea, endangering maritime life,” he said.