They made it back to Florida as stowaways on a boat, with nothing more than the clothes they stood up in. |
Last year, some 9,465 stowaways were caught, down 18 per cent on the figure for the previous year. |
The force revealed that, in July, August and September last year, 181 stowaways had been discovered. |
The stowaways were discovered when the lorry in which they were travelling was stopped during a routine search at the entrance to the base. |
Heavy fines are imposed on airlines, shippers and trucking companies found to be carrying stowaways, whilst border controls have been stepped up. |
The dock workers could smuggle nationalist leaders into ships as stowaways. |