Seven Albanians stowaways have been arrested after they were found on a cargo ship bound for Dorset. Paramedics received a call from the Chise Bulker at around 5.40am on Tuesday after a person on board was reportedly in need of medical attention. It was soon discovered that seven ‘unidentified individuals’ had been found stowing on … Read more
Revealed: 16-year-old jet stowaway discovered in Holland had survived 4,800-mile journey hidden inside plane’s landing gear at 38,000 feet via Turkey and London Teenager landed at Maastricht Airport, Holland, on freight plane from Stansted Jet left Kenya and stopped off in Turkey before arriving on Thursday afternoon Dutch police investigating whether it is linked to … Read more
Group of 11 Albanian stowaways including a pregnant woman and a 17-year-old boy are discovered on car transporter ship in Southampton docks Police were called at 11.25am today after stowaways were located in Dock Gate 4 Pregnant woman taken hospital and boy to be transferred to childcare services They were found on board Swedish-owned MV … Read more
Police rush to oil tanker off Isle of Wight after ‘stowaways attempt to hijack ship’ headed to Southampton from Nigeria Police called after ‘security incident’ on Nave Andromeda off Isle of Wight today Restriction zone of five nautical miles now in place around vessel this afternoon The ship is reportedly Libyan-registered and was set to dock … Read more
Police rush to oil tanker off Isle of Wight after ‘stowaways attempt to hijack ship’ headed to Southampton from Nigeria Police called after ‘security incident’ on Nave Andromeda off Isle of Wight today Restriction zone of five nautical miles now in place around vessel this afternoon The ship is reportedly Libyan-registered and was set to dock … Read more
An astonished couple found two illegal migrants under their van after they returned from a trip to France. Dean Darke, 60, and wife May caught the men crawling out on their driveway in Basildon, Essex, after the journey last Wednesday. The stowaways had boarded the van as it arrived at the port city of Caen, ahead … Read more
A captain and his crew pleaded guilty to attempted murder after throwing two terrified stowaways into a shark infested ocean to avoid catching coronavirus from them. Skipper Cui Rongli watched as his crew built a makeshift raft roping together sealed plastic drums and plywood then stopped his ship to dump the petrified pair overboard in … Read more
Two stowaways were dumped into shark-infested waters off South Africa by a sailor and his crew who feared the two men had coronavirus, it is alleged. The two Tanzanians say they were cast adrift in the Indian Ocean after the crew discovered them hiding on the bulk carrier MV Top Grace. Despite the ocean currents … Read more