Foreign nationals fined, ordered deported

PORT ANTONIO, Portland — Two foreign nationals, Roland Kirk Ezell and Andrew Nicholas Martin who were charged for illegal entry, were today fined and ordered deported.

The two — Ezell from Columbia and Martin from the British Virgin Islands — were held by the Jamaica Defence Force and Marine police in waters off Port Antonio last Saturday south-east of the Folly Lighthouse, in a stolen yacht.

When they appeared in court today Resident Magistrate Tara Morrison fined them $7,000 each and ordered that they be sent back to their homelands.

Both were heled aboard the yacht 'Ruby' which was tracked to Jamaican waters and the two men taken into custody.

The Portland police are still carrying out investigations into how the yacht ended up into Jamaican territorial waters.