Officers Hunting For Stowaways at Port Everglades
Border patrol and law enforcement officers are hunting for a group of stowaways who arrived Monday morning on a container ship from Honduras at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale.
Officials set up a perimeter around the ship, the Elb Carrier, owned by Crowley Marine Services.
Agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection along with Broward sheriff’s deputies and the Coast Guard personnel are involved in the search, Port Everglades spokeswoman Ellen Kennedy said.
About 5 a.m., a harbor pilot, who was guiding the ship into the port, noticed people on the ship who were not wearing the orange jumpsuits usually worn by the crew. When the men saw that the pilot had noticed them, they ran, Kennedy said.
Workers were not allowed to unload containers until 8 a.m.
Officials have not said how many stowaways they suspect are on the ship or if any escaped before they arrived.
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