Incident Date: 2022-12-24 at 19:00
Event Type: Burglary
Stolen Items: Cash
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A locked yacht was burglarized while owners were ashore. Cash was stolen, no police report was made.
Incident Date: 2022-12-21 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: kayak
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an in-the-water and not locked green/yellow kayak was stolen. The yacht was anchored near the island of Cambombia. The kayak was well tied up, and not even the rope remained. A reward has been offered.
Incident Date: 2022-12-18 at 03:00
Event Type: Assault
Stolen Items: Mobile phones (other : unknown, to be updated)
Secured: N/A
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: PRELIMINARY REPORT : At 0300HRS a charter catamaran on a SMMA park mooring at Pitons was boarded by six(6) men armed with machetes and robbed of cellphones , plus other items tbd. It is not known if there were any injuries. A report was made to the SMMA park rangers. Further details expected when the charter returns to its base on Monday, 19 December.||CSSN UPDATE : 19 December – The charter company has refused to provide any details or contact information for the victims. If you are a victim, please complete the CSSN online incident report so that others can understand the facts about what did/did not occur. ||This is the 5th reported violent incident in the Soufriere/Pitons area in the last 5 months, see CSSN incidents 2894, 2897, 2876 and 2848. ||Patrols are reported to have been recently put in place, but were clearly not an effective deterrent in this latest case.
Incident Date: 2022-12-17 at 04:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: AB inflatable dinghy 2,80m and Yamaha enduro 15hp
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Between 0330-0500HRs an in-the-water but locked dinghy/outboard was stolen from an occupied yacht at anchor. A report was made to the Aeronaval (Coast Guard) and the police.
Incident Date: 2022-12-16 at 21:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None, not successful
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners returned to their catamaran at 2100HRS and found a swimmer had boarded thru an open pontoon escape hatch. When discovered, the unsuccessful thief exited the yacht back thru the escape hatch.||CSSN NOTE: This is the third reported incident from Cumberland Bay this month. See prior reports 2941, 2932
Incident Date: 2022-12-10 at 10:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 16kg (33Lbs) fluke anchor
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht anchored in Bayahibe, in six meters of water, in the middle of the charter catamaran buoys. A secondary anchor was attached as a kellet to the chain to add some weight and reduce swing. The secondary anchor was suspended 5 meters below the vessel, one meter above sand.||At 0800HRS the secondary anchor was clearly visible on the chain. At 1200HRS, the anchor was missing. There was no wind, no boat swinging, no swell. The crew had remained onboard all morning.||The crew did a thorough search for the anchor (several hours), nothing could be found, not where they boat lay or in vicinity. The shackle used to attach the anchor was easily found laying on the surface of the sand, in two parts, exactly where the boat was standing.
Incident Date: 2022-12-06 at 04:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Electronics, cameras
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht moored at the Pitons was boarded overnight while the owner slept onboard. He noticed the floor was wet when he awoke the next morning and found that electronics and a camera had been stolen. He departed shortly thereafter and did not make any reports. ||CSSN NOTE: This report was received in March 2024, more than one year after the incident occurred. It has been added to the database/maps but no CSSN ALERT! was published, and it is not included in the 2022 Annual Report.
Incident Date: 2022-12-01 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Cash, phones, charger and small electronics
Secured: Unknown
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A monohull anchored in Cumberland Bay was boarded overnight while owners slept onboard. They discovered that cash, phones and small electronics had been stolen. The Coast Guard and police were notified and visited. It is not known if the yacht was locked .||CSSN NOTE: If you are a victim, please take 5 minutes to complete the CSSN online incident report, it’s quick, confidential and keeps our cruising community fully and factually informed.||UPDATE: A second yacht was also victimized this same night, see 2941
Incident Date: 2022-12-01 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy with 15HP Yamaha engine, cash, credit cards, passport and other personal documents, laptop, navigation tablet and an empty 20l jerrycan
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: An unlocked catamaran anchored in Cumberland bay was boarded overnight while the owner slept onboard. The next morning they found that the thief had stolen a bag with cash, credit cards, passport, other personal documents, a laptop, navigation tablet , a 20L (empty) jerrycan and the yachts new dinghy/15HP Yamaha that was in-the-water and not locked. A police report was made.||A second yacht was also victimized this same night see 2932
Incident Date: 2022-11-27 at 19:10
Event Type: Burglary
Stolen Items: Electronics and watches
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Transiting from Barbados, a yacht arrived in Bequia at 1600 and anchored and secured their monohull about 300meters offshore between South and Princess Margaret beach. The family went ashore to complete checkin formalities. When they returned just after dark at 1900HRS they found a kayak tied to the stern, which they removed as they stood off. Two (2) men emerged from the forward hatch, (which was the apparent point of ingress) ran down the side and jumped overboard. The owner retrieved some floating items (drone) from the water that had been tossed overboard during the escape. The owner boarded and conducted a thorough search of the yacht and the kayak and then boarded the family. In their haste to depart the thieves left behind their own personal belongings – including a phone, ID, and two (2) 6-8 inch knives . High value items that had been well hidden inside the boat were missing and not recovered. ||A police report was made. The police visited the boat, collected the left behind articles but collected no other forensics. They indicated that the two men were known to them. ||Currently, the owner is not aware of any formal charges being laid against the men, or if they are in custody. As updates from officials are received by the victims, CSSN will update this ALERT!. ||CSSN NOTE: This is the 4th burglary in the last month in Bequia. We have received and published ALERTS! about the first (2914), but 2 reports remain outstanding. It is not known if the 4 incidents are related. If you are a victim please take 5 minutes and complete the quick, easy and private online incident report, and keep our cruising community well informed.||UPDATE: The victim has been contacted by local police and told the 2 individuals whose ID’s were left behind were taken into custody, but no charges have been filed, or official statements made by authorities. Some of the victims property has also been recovered, as well as other items (apparently) from previous victims. ||If you are a victim, please make a CSSN online report and contact SVG-Bequia police 784-458-3211 to inquire about item recovery.
