On Friday, 25 August 2017, the Coast Guard said the crew of a Coast Guard maritime patrol aircraft detected a suspicious vessel traveling towards Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic, about 38 nautical miles west of Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Juan diverted the Joseph Napier to interdict the suspect vessel that failed to stop and performed aggressive maneuvers to avoid interception.
During the pursuit, the Coast Guard said the Joseph Napier boarding team members observed the suspects jettisoning objects overboard, and one of the suspects brandishing a knife at them.
The coast guard then disabled the vessel’s engines by shooting them, boarded the boat and arrested the suspected smugglers.
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Jamaica Observer
29 August 2017
