Boat wasn’t properly lit, the Coast Guard said. What was aboard was even more troubling.
By Carli Teproff
August 02, 2019 08:28 PM, Updated August 03, 2019 12:42 AM
A Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos smallboat crew chases a 20-foot go-fast vessel with three people and 220 pounds of cocaine aboard 41 miles southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, July 31, 2019. By U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Customs and Border Protection spotted a 27-foot boat off Government Cut Thursday without the proper lighting. With the help of the Coast Guard, the boat was intercepted about seven miles east of the channel between Miami Beach and Fisher Island.
And what was found aboard was even more troubling, the Coast Guard said.
When crews went on the boat they found seven migrants, a suspected smuggler and 67 packages of marijuana, according to a Coast Guard news release. Of the seven migrants, five were men from Jamaica, one was a man from the Bahamas and one was a man from Italy. There was also a suspected smuggler from the Bahamas, the Coast Guard said.
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