Tag: British Virgin Islands (UK) Archives

2463 – Theft in British Virgin Islands (UK) – Jost van Dyke – White Bay


Incident Date: 2020-03-12 at 21:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Cash, jewelry, cellphones and cameras +

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: While charter catamaran guests were ashore for the evening, a thief entered the locked yacht through a deck hatch which was left closed but not locked. Stolen items included cash, jewelry,4 cellphones, cameras + backpacks. A police report was made, and the police visited the yacht and collected forensics from the scene. A second yacht had a similar experience in this bay the same night.

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2335 – Attempted Theft in British Virgin Islands (UK) – Virgin Gorda – Spanish Town


Incident Date: 2019-04-05 at 01:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None, not successful.

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: On a mooring just north of the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour entrance, among about 10 other yachts, owners awoke to discover that they had been boarded overnight. Their flag pole had been broken, as well as the sat phone antenna and MOB light/pole. Their in-the-water, but chained dinghy, apparently the target of thieves, remained secured. The owners reported the attempted theft and damage to the paid mooring minder the next morning.

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