ABC News: U.S.: Stowaways Suspected in Container Ship Docked in NJ

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Stowaways Suspected in Container Ship Docked in NJ Jun 27th 2012, 13:58 Ambulances and law enforcement met a container ship at a New Jersey pier on Wednesday after a routine inspection led the Coast Guard to believe that stowaways were inside a container loaded in India. The container, which a manifest said was carrying machine parts to Norfolk, Va., was loaded aboard The Villa D'Aquarius in India, Coast Guard spokesman Charles Rowe said. A Coast Guard team boarded the 850-foot-long vessel outside New York Harbor early Wednesday as the ship prepared to dock at Port Newark. The boarding party heard sounds consistent with people coming from the container, Rowe said. The boarding party followed protocol and didn't open the container at sea in order to control the situation, Rowe said. Customs and Border Patrol agents planned to open the container once it was unloaded. The ship began its voyage several weeks ago in Pakistan. Rowe said its last port was in Egypt.

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