Boat Captain Robbed of Fisheries Produce at Sea

ASP Fitzroy Yearwood

On Saturday, Belizean boat captain Jose Luis Eguizbal was approximately three miles from the English Channel when he was approached by a vessel carrying four men. They all produced firearms and proceeded to rob him of eight hundred dollars in lobster, five thousand and five hundred dollars in conch, thirty six gallons of fuel, and an outboard engine valued at nine thousand dollars. It’s another case of coastal piracy and police are looking for a known suspect.

ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department

“The situation with that robbery of the sea products from the boat captain.  I will send you the information because we have a suspect that we are looking for. The assailant in that case went to the cooperative to sell the products, not knowing that these products were marked. Our investigators are looking for a known suspect.”