By Djovany Michel, Satellite 509, Feb. 2, 2026
A strategic cargo at the heart of a sensitive security case
A judicial investigation is intensifying around a shipment of anti-drone jamming equipment intercepted at the port of Port-au-Prince by the General Customs Administration (AGD) on Thursday, August 28, 2025. This equipment, classified as sensitive technology, is usually used in military contexts, strategic surveillance and neutralization of aerial systems.
The seizure took place while port operations were being supervised by Caribbean Port Services (CPS), headed by Édouard Baussan, who has already been cited in several cases related to arms, ammunition and drug trafficking.
A strategic port under persistent suspicion
As the private operator of the country's main container terminal, CPS handles the unloading, storage and movement of goods, under the coordination of the AGD, the only institution legally responsible for customs controls.
But this strategic position is at the heart of many controversies: opaque contracts, suspicions of collusion and persistent trafficking via the public port, revealing serious flaws in governance and control.
Equipment with major implications for national security
An official AGD document confirms the interception of two anti-drone jamming devices that arrived on board the ship PEPIN EXPRESS/3405, in container AMLU 405354-3, according to correspondence dated September 9, 2025.
Equipped with specialized antennas, these devices are not ordinary electronics but technologies capable of neutralizing drones, in a context where armed groups are increasingly using sophisticated equipment.
Suspicions about the final destination
According to information gathered by Satellite509 from government sources, this equipment allegedly belonged to Édouard Baussan, and the name of Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé was also mentioned.
If these elements were confirmed, they would reflect a serious escalation in the use of strategic technologies at the very heart of the Haitian security crisis.
A disturbing timeline at the top of Customs
The seizure was finalized between the end of August and the beginning of September 2025.
Less than two weeks later, on September 22, 2025, Julcène Édouard was replaced at the head of the AGD by Gérald Remplais, a close associate of Édouard Baussan.
However, Gérald Remplac has already been involved in cases of arms trafficking, ammunition and money laundering, proceedings which suddenly stalled after his appointment.
This rapid succession in the context of the seizure of strategic equipment fuels serious suspicions of interference and suppression of the case.
An investigation targeting the interceptors, not yet the importers
Following the seizure, the case is now being handled by the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ).
The former Director General of Customs, Julcène Édouard, was summoned to the Bureau of Criminal Affairs (BAC) to be questioned about the conditions of importation and the interception of this sensitive equipment.
Two customs officers, Judeson Félix and Wansley Nicolas, were also summoned to the BAC on Monday, February 2, 2026 at 10 a.m., in accordance with an official request addressed to the General Administration of Customs.
However, a source within the DCPJ has not confirmed, at this stage, the actual appearance of the former director general.
Major areas of uncertainty remain.
But beyond these hearings, serious questions remain about the direction of the investigation.
Why have no arrests or public hearings been announced concerning the owner of the PEPIN EXPRESS vessel and the holder of container AMLU 405354-3, even though they are the central players in the importation of this strategic equipment?
Why does the legal action seem to focus primarily on the customs officers who carried out the interception, a necessary step to be sure, without the real importers and alleged instigators being publicly held accountable?
And above all, how can we explain that the former Director General of Customs was replaced less than a month after the seizure of these sensitive goods, by an official close to Édouard Baussan, both of whom have been cited in several cases related to arms and ammunition trafficking?
This rapid succession, in such a sensitive context, reinforces suspicions of political pressure, institutional interference and attempts to neutralize an explosive issue for national security.
This case is far from closed.
At this stage, no official charges have been made public.
But hearings are multiplying, contradictions are piling up, and the unanswered questions are deepening.
This is a matter that the authorities will not be able to keep hidden indefinitely.
Posted Feb. 15, 2026