Port Authority apprehends seven illegal aliens in tanker ship
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Posted 5:45PM on Tuesday 17th September 2002 ( 22 years ago )
SAVANNAH - The Georgia Port Authority police apprehended seven illegal aliens hiding in a registered tanker ship Tuesday morning. <br>
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Authorities say five of the seven men that escaped the cargo hold of the ``Springwood,'' a Panamanian registered tanker ship, were detained at the Georgia Ports Authority facility in Savannah. <br>
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Two of the men, identified by police as Alexander Martinez and Ceszar Pardra, escaped but were detained shortly thereafter by Savannah police. <br>
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Authorities say Martinez and Pardra, natives of the Dominican Republic, were then turned over to U.S. Customs agents and Georgia Ports Authority police.
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