WILLEMSTAD - On July 25 at 11:55 pm, the Dash 8 aircraft of the Coast Guard CARIB saw an unlit vessel during a regular reconnaissance flight. The vessel sailed towards Klein Curaçao. The Dash immediately forwarded this information to the Rescue & Coordination Center (RCC) of the Coast Guard, which in turn sent the station ship Zr.Ms. Groningen and the Coast Guard Jaguar Cutter. Both ships were patrolling the waters of Curaçao at that time. The Parera Support Center was also informed that the Metal Shark I-02 was deployed to intercept the unlit vessel.
The interception took place at 02:45 on 7 nautical miles south of Klein Curaçao. A warning shot has been fired during interception. It turned out to be an Eduardoño type vessel with four (4) people on board and a parakeet on board. The vessel was brought to the Coast Guard jetty and the four people were handed over to the police. The veterinary service has been informed to come and collect the parakeet from the coast guard.