Last Updated on January 6, 2022, 4:41 AM AST by Anthony Morris
As per reports, the police has been successful in capturing 17 person who illegally entered Nevis through seaways. The individuals belong to Haiti and were taken into police custody. They were quarantined due to the coronavirus related protocols.
Police claimed they apprehended seventeen (17) Haitian people, including eleven (11) men, four (4) women, and two (2) juveniles, who are being held in quarantine. The vessel, which has no name, has also been seized.
On January 02, 2022, several people entered the Federation illegally via Nevis on a vessel that ran aground near Bath Village, according to the police.
In addition, during an operation on a residence in Nelson’s Spring on January 3, an additional seven (7) people – two (2) St. Kitts and Nevis nationals and five (5) Haitian nationals, two of whom presently reside in the Federation – were detained and quarantined.
So far, investigations have discovered that the vessel’s captain and mate are still on the loose. Individuals with information concerning this occurrence or the whereabouts of the other persons of interest should call 469-5391, the local Police Station, or the Crime Hotline at 707.
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