CHARLESTOWN, Nevis - FIFTEEN Haitian and Dominican nationals are currently in custody as police are investigating the circumstances for their unregistered arrival on Nevis.
According to a poilice press release, at about 6:00 p.m. on Friday (Feb. 3), officers received a report that a boat was seen coming ashore at Gallows Bay, from which two males disembarked and were walking towards Bath Village.
Officers from the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and the St. Kitts and Nevis Customs and Excise Department had responded to the report and found the two males in Bath Village, who they stopped and questioned.
It was revealed that the men were nationals of Dominica and Haiti and that they had arrived on a motor vessel which was anchored off the coast in the Gallows Bay area.
It was also revealed that the two men had made their way to the shore using a dinghy.
The law enforcement officers then accompanied the men to the vessel where they found 13 nationals of Haiti – 10 adults and three juveniles – onboard.
They were all detained by the police pending further investigations.
