Boat Found on Sesimbra Beach Suspected of Drug Trafficking. Authorities Disembark Migrants
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An alert on the possible landing of 20 to 30 migrants took this morning to GNR and the Maritime Police to Foz Beach, in Meco Village, in Sesimbra, where a rubber boat had given to the coast. The searches for land and sea did not confirm the presence of migrants, but the authorities admit that the boat may be linked to drug trafficking or smuggling of fuel.
Alert was given by a citizen who heard reports that 20 or 30 people would have landed in a boat. Police found boat and belongings, but did not locate people. Searches are carried out by land and sea.
A fisherman reported seeing a boat and people on Foz Beach, in Sesimbra, during the early hours of the morning. Authorities searched the land and the sea and found a rubber boat with water and supplies, but they haven't found anyone yet.
Clarification after complaint The content GNR and Maritime Police guarantee that there was no landing of migrants in Sesimbra appears first in MINHO.
A rubber boat gave to the coast in the area of the beach of Foz in Sesimbra, after a fisherman has alerted to the presence of several people. GNR and Maritime Police keep searches by land and sea and admit several scenarios, without confirming until now the presence of migrants.
Rubber boat was found at shore; searches for sea and land continue to locate people allegedly landed
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