Seventy-eight Haitian nationals have been detained following an exercise by the Marine Branch of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force.
Those detained include 65 males and 13 females, all of whom were held on September 06th 2022, at 9.03 pm.
Preliminary reports state, that the RTCIPF Marine Operations Centre identified a target of interest six miles east of West Caicos.
The Marine Branch were guided and intercepted a sloop with the irregular migrants. All were safely offloaded and handed over to Immigration officers to be processed.
The public is being advised to notify the closest police station or to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477 and give any information about illegal activity anonymously.