2012News

Dominican fishing boat and crew arrested

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Marine Police has intercepted an illegal Dominican fishing boat named “Aguila Blanco” (White Eagle) of Puerto Plata, in Grand Turk, on Saturday 13 October as it was within the fisheries limit of the Turks and Caicos Islands and had a quantity of fish on board. The vessel had a crew of 12 along with a captain.

The vessel along with crew members were escorted ashore, where members of the crew were taken to the Grand Turk Police station for questioning and detention while further investigation was carried out.

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