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Stowaways caught in LA
The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE ^ | Updated December 30, 2008 10:04:03 AM | n/a

Posted on 12/31/2008 3:46:01 PM PST by Cindy

SNIPPET: "Two stowaways onboard a container ship were apprehended at the Port of Los Angeles."

SNIPPET: "The Coast Guard had been notified that two stowaways were discovered on the LA-bound container ship Zenit during an earlier port call. The stowaways were reported to be Nigerian nationals"


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: container; containers; cotainership; losangeles; maritime; nigeria; nigerians; portoflosangeles; portsecurity; ship
Thanks to Freeper Oorang (THREAT MATRIX on FreeRepublic.com) for the ping to this article.
1 posted on 12/31/2008 3:46:02 PM PST by Cindy
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To: BurbankKarl

ping


2 posted on 12/31/2008 3:46:40 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy
That's it?
Nigerian Nationals?

What did they do, swim aboard?

< /sarc >

3 posted on 12/31/2008 3:50:17 PM PST by Publius6961 (Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
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To: Cindy

Let them go!

They were delivering my money. Been wondering what was taking them so long to arrive.


4 posted on 12/31/2008 3:50:21 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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To: Cindy

But did they bring me the sixteen million dollars?


5 posted on 12/31/2008 3:52:18 PM PST by George Smiley (Palin is the real deal.)
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To: Cindy

the smell in the container must have been terrible


6 posted on 12/31/2008 4:01:41 PM PST by devane617 (...And to the Republic For Which It Stood...)
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To: Cindy

“The stowaways were reported to be Nigerian nationals”

...no doubt the official Nigerian government contingent here for the Obama coronation.


7 posted on 12/31/2008 4:03:30 PM PST by Towed_Jumper (Stephen Hopkins: Founding Father who had Cerebral Palsy.."My hand trembles, my heart does not.")
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To: ApplegateRanch

They didn’t blend in with the Chinese from all the other containers.


8 posted on 12/31/2008 6:40:49 PM PST by NewRomeTacitus ( Have a nice year)
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To: Cindy

And I wonder how many have NOT been caught....


9 posted on 12/31/2008 7:01:41 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma ( PRAY! Pray for Israel. Pray for the US.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Yaelle; lainie; BurbankKarl

Ping


10 posted on 12/31/2008 7:02:09 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma ( PRAY! Pray for Israel. Pray for the US.)
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To: Brad's Gramma

That’s a good question.


11 posted on 12/31/2008 7:27:38 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy
Put in a ups box and mail them home collect!!!
12 posted on 12/31/2008 7:53:33 PM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
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To: Cindy

Yep.


13 posted on 12/31/2008 9:07:25 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma ( PRAY! Pray for Israel. Pray for the US.)
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