Around 12:24 a.m., on Sunday, May 9th, 2021, Officers of the Marine Branch Unit of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force whilst on patrol received information from the Coastal Radar System that they were tracking a target four miles from the shipyard. The Marine Branch Unit was successful at intercepting a blue 18 FT panga with 17 irregular migrants onboard.
The thirteen males and four females were safely taken to the South Dock Port via M/V Sea Pursuit and handed over to Immigration Officials for processing.
The irregular migrants all appeared to be in good health. The operation was conducted without incident. No illegal drugs or weapons were found onboard the vessel.
Contact the Ministry of Immigration for further details.
If you have any information on this incident, you can call 911 or call the Crimestoppers hotline anonymously at 1-800-8477 (TIPS).