Port Authority apprehends seven illegal aliens in tanker ship

SAVANNAH - The Georgia Port Authority police apprehended seven illegal aliens hiding in a registered tanker ship Tuesday morning. <br> <br> Authorities say five of the seven men that escaped the cargo hold of the ``Springwood,&#39;&#39; a Panamanian registered tanker ship, were detained at the Georgia Ports Authority facility in Savannah. <br> <br> Two of the men, identified by police as Alexander Martinez and Ceszar Pardra, escaped but were detained shortly thereafter by Savannah police. <br> <br> Authorities say Martinez and Pardra, natives of the Dominican Republic, were then turned over to U.S. Customs agents and Georgia Ports Authority police.