Newark, NJ – Authorities have not uncovered any stowaways after an extensive search of a cargo ship docked in New Jersey.
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The Homeland Security Department says officials examined 450 out of 2,000 containers
The search began Wednesday after a Coast Guard inspection team heard knocking for about two hours.
The 850-foot ship began its voyage May 30 in the United Arab Emirates. It made one stop in Pakistan and two stops in India.
Its last port before Newark was in Egypt on June 15.
More than a dozen ambulances and law enforcement officials had met the 850-foot vessel when it docked early Wednesday at Port Newark, one of the nation’s busiest ports.
someone suffering from schizophrenia? ?
“We tapped twice, we heard two taps in response. We tapped three times, we heard three taps in response,” Mr. Rowe said. “So that’s an indication that there’s humans inside.”
Or an echo??
They probably dumped them overboard when they realized they were gonna get caught.
So they’ve examined less than a quarter of the containers and they’re saying it’s nothing? Umm, how about they get back to us when after they look through the other 1,550.