Cubans charged with illegal entry remanded
Published:Saturday | January 6, 2024 | 5:19 PM
The 10 Cubans who landed at the Excellence Resort property in Coopers Pen Trelawny were remanded when they appeared in the parish court at Duncans on Friday.
They are charged with illegal entry.
In court before parish judge Paula Hall, the men, through interpreter Kimberly Watt, pleaded not guilty.
They are scheduled to return to court on January 11.
The police report that the men were found on the hotel's property on January 4.
After being interviewed they were arrested and charged.
The men reportedly left Cuba on December 29 with Florida as their destination.
However, bad weather wrecked their boat, forcing them to land in Coopers Pen in Jamaica.
- Leon Jackson
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