Caribbean Safety and Security Net
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DATE: 2024-12-29 03:30
LOCATION: Panama – Bocas del Toro – Old Bank Bay
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: 14 ft panga with Yamaha 15HP enduro outboard
SECURED: Locked
DETAILS: Overnight while owners slept onboard thieves stole an in-the-water cable locked hard dinghy / Yamaha 15HP engine from their yacht anchored in Old Bank Bay. A police report was made.
ID: 3480
DATE: 2024-12-30 03:00
LOCATION: Panama – Bocas del Toro – Red Frog
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: 15HP -2stroke Suzuki outboard, fuel tank and line
SECURED: Locked
DETAILS: Owners awoke when the heard the departing thieves engine. The locked engine/fuel tank on their in-the-water and cable locked dinghy had been stolen. Another nearby yacht had their fuel tank stolen. see 3477.
A police report was made.
ID: 3478
DATE: 2024-12-30 03:00
LOCATION: Panama – Bocas del Toro – Red Frog
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: dinghy fuel tank, 3 gallon
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: Thieves attempted to a steal cable locked in-the-water dinghy/ outboard from a yacht. Unable to defeat the dinghy/outboard locks they stole the fuel tank.
A second yacht in the Red Frog anchorage had their dinghy/outboard stolen the same night. See 3478
ID: 3477
DATE: 2024-12-25 01:00
LOCATION: Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Simpson Bay Lagoon – Cole Bay
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: Whaler style hard dinghy / 25HP Yamaha outboard
SECURED: Locked
DETAILS: Overnight a locked Whaler style hard dinghy / 25HP Yamaha outboard was stolen from a dock near Island Water World (MATCO) . A police report was made.
Engine serial number : 61RK1081949
CSSN UPDATE : engineless dinghy was recovered in Sandy Ground 12/30/24
ID: 3475
DATE: 2024-12-25 01:00
LOCATION: Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Simpson Bay
EVENT: Burglary
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS:
SECURED: Locked
DETAILS: Overnight a yacht moored in Simpson Bay was burglarized. Thieves destroyed a hatch to break-in and ransacked the interior of the yacht. Binoculars and flashlights were stolen. No police report was made.
ID: 3474