FIVE Brazilians were apprehended by immigration officials at the Port Lucaya Marina on Saturday.

According to reports, sometime around 2:30pm immigration officials received information that some Brazilians had boarded a private yacht docked at the marina and were taking preparatory steps to be smuggled into the U.S.

When officers arrived, they discovered two persons on deck and three others in a cabin below. The three males and two women taken into custody had arrived in the Bahamas legally but had overstayed their time. They admitted that they were making an attempt to go the U.S. One of the men had also been deported twice from the U.S. to Brazil.

The group is expected to be flown to Nassau to be detained at the Detention Centre to await repatriation.

• Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating two suspects responsible for an armed robbery that occurred on Sunday.

Police were told that shortly after 11pm, a man was walking out of a service station on Wulff Road and Montrose Avenue when another man armed with a handgun approached and robbed him of a bunch of keys and a deposit bag containing a large amount of cash.

The suspect then fled the scene in a black Nissan Sentra vehicle driven by another man. Investigations are ongoing.

• Grand Bahama police are investigating an armed robbery involving two juveniles who were robbed by two men late Sunday.

According to police reports, shortly before 11pm officers were called to the Hawksbill area where two male minors were reportedly robbed at gunpoint of their PlayStation 4 gaming console, valued at $450. Police quickly responded and two adult male residents of Hawksbill were arrested and the stolen item was recovered. Investigations are continuing into the matter.

In other crime news, a man wanted by police was arrested over the weekend in Eight Mile Rock.

Sometime around 6pm on Saturday, police on mobile patrol stopped a Buick LeSabre in the Martin Town area when they discovered a wanted suspect who was a passenger in the vehicle. During a search of the vehicle, police also discovered items, suspected to have been stolen, and seven live rounds of ammunition. Two other men who were also passengers in the vehicle escaped and are being sought by police.

Also officers of Operation Turf Sweep, acting on information, went to Fawcett Lane shortly after 1pm on Saturday and discovered in the bushes a .380 pistol with four rounds of ammunition. No arrest was made in this matter and investigations are continuing.

By Denise Maycock, Tribune Freeport Reporter

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