POLICE are investigating the discovery of 14 bodies, a skull and skeletal remains, stacked in a boatfloating four miles off Belle Garden, Tobago, on Friday morning.
According to reports, around 6.30 am, fishermen Doyle Cornwall, of Belle Garden, 56, Jason Broomes, 42, of Richmond Point, and Lance Biggart, 48, of Pembroke, whilst fishing off Belle Garden, spotted a strange vessel.
See video of bodies being brought to shore
Upon investigating, the fishermen found the decomposed bodies. Police are working on the theory that the boat could have drifted from the African coast, since the registration number appears to be from Angola.
The fishermen contacted the police and the Coast Guard. The fishermen pulled the vessel ashore at the Belle Garden Bay.
The bodies, all men, were in an advanced state decomposition. The bodies were eventually removed to the mortuary at the Scarborough General Hospital to await identification and subsequent autopsies to determine the causes of death.
Visiting the scene were ACP William Nurse, Supt Kirk, ASP Matthews, Inspector Prince and officers of Homicide and Charlotteville and Roxborough police CID.
The entire area was cordoned off as investigations continue.
