ST MARY, Jamaica – Members of the security forces are still engaged in a search and rescue operation to locate a woman who has been missing since a boat in which she was travelling capsized off the coast of Robin’s Bay in St Mary on Saturday.

“The search is still ongoing,” a representative of the Corporate Communications Unit, the information arm of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, told Observer Online.

Six people, including the boat owner, were rescued on Saturday following the maritime mishap. However, an unidentified female has remained missing since the incident.

Reports suggest that sometime after 12 pm on Saturday, a group of persons believed to be part of an excursion from the Corporate Area decided to indulge in a boat ride near Strawberry Fields in Robin’s Bay.

The vessel later capsized as weather conditions deteriorated.

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Over the weekend, severe weather conditions hampered the efforts of the security forces to locate the woman. Typically, the Jamaica Defence Force deploys aircraft and patrol vessels from the Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing and the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard to assist in operations.

– Claude Mills