On July 12th, 2019 Department of Immigration Grand Bahama district and the Royal Bahamas
Defence Force carried out an operation that resulted in the apprehension of (12) foreign nationals
and (1) Bahamian national onboard a 25-foot motor vessel in waters off West End. This group
of twelve foreign nationals consisted of (5) Jamaicans, (2) Chinese, (2) Colombians, (2) Haitians
and (1) Lithuanian. They were all turned over to the Department of Immigration, Freeport for
further processing.

Officers of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the Immigration Department were patrolling
the area onboard patrol Defence Force patrol craft P-126 when they interdicted the vessel 3 miles
off West End, Grand Bahama at approximately 5:00P.M.

It is anticipated that all persons will appear before the Magistrate’s Court sometime this week.
We wish to remind the general public that we are committed to executing the mandates of our
agency by effectively coordinating efforts with other Law Enforcement agencies to ensure
compliance with the Statute Laws of our Country.

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