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Haiti - Security : The US Coast Guard repatriates 33 Haitians and destroys their boat
13/04/2019 09:22:01

Friday the US Coast Guard repatriated 33 Haitians (27 men and 6 women) who had been intercepted aboard a motorboat overloaded earlier this week, about 35 miles northeast of Turtle Island and heading south to Florida.

Spencer, a Coast Guard cutter, launched a patrol boat to intercept the Haitian boat. Before reaching it, they fished 6 packets of marijuana that floated on the water about 100 meters from their target.

According to the Coast Guard release, Spencer members found three more packages of marijuana and a pack of amphetamines aboard the Haitian boat.

The Haitians were embarked aboard the Spencer and the coastguard destroyed the boat considered according to the statement as "a danger for navigation..."

SL/ HaitiLibre