Steps being taken to curb upsurge in St. Vincent yacht burglaries – PM

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says measures are being taken to deal with the upsurge in yacht burglaries in Bequia and different components of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, however has declined to reveal the small print of a few of these ways.

He stated patrols have been elevated as a part of “a really concerted try” to arrest these crimes.

Caribbean Security and Safety Web, which tracks maritime security within the area, has reported various these crimes in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. And through a latest sitting of Parliament, Opposition Chief Godwin Friday, who’s MP for the Northern Grenadines the place Bequia is positioned, reported a latest spate of yacht break-ins in Admiralty Bay and stated there have additionally been assaults on yachts in harbors and bays all through the nation.

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Gonsalves, who can also be minister of nationwide safety, authorized affairs, and data, acknowledged the latest upsurge in break-ins on yachts.

He stated the police and coast guard have elevated patrols on land and on sea.

“And within the case of Bequia, as an illustration, the deputy director of Grenadines Affairs has vacated his specific workplace to the coast guard, and he’s been housed elsewhere in order that we are able to higher accommodate the bottom in Bequia for the coast guard officers,” Gonsalves stated.

He stated in St. Vincent, there are enhanced patrols within the Younger Island space, the place many yachts dock.

“I’m giving by means of examples, however all through all of the areas within the nation there are another issues which have been completed which I wouldn’t talk about, however to offer the Home and to offer most of the people [the assurance] that there’s a very concerted try to scale back and, so far as is humanly practicable, to stamp out this specific species of felony conduct,” the prime minister stated.

Friday, in a supplementary query, requested what particular measures have been being taken to deal with the spike in yacht burglaries in Admiralty Bay and Bequia.

Dr. Ralph Gonsalves responded: “…What I’ve simply outlined: the elevated surveillance and in addition the strengthening of the bottom in Bequia – and the coast guard, I’ve been suggested, have moved into the bottom. There are different measures that are being taken, which I’m not going to talk about, not just for there however for different locations.”

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