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Dominican Republic, Luperon: Yacht Burgled – June 2020

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During daylight hours between 10:15 and 11:30 AM an unlocked cruising catamaran on a private 2 yacht floating dock along the mangroves south of the Puerto Blanco marina was boarded and ransacked.

Last Update - June 22, 2020

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As reported by CSSN:

DATE: 2020-06-01 11:30
LOCATION: Dominican Republic – Luperon
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: Cash, jewelry and a  credit card
SECURED: Not Locked

DETAILS: 

During daylight hours between 10:15 and 11:30 AM an unlocked cruising catamaran on a private 2 yacht floating dock along the mangroves south of the Puerto Blanco marina was boarded and ransacked. The thief used a knife found on the yacht to defeat the locked safe and stole cash, jewelry and a credit card. Wet footprints were found throughout the yacht. A report was made to the police, port captain and coast guard as well as the tourism representative. The police visited the yacht and collected some forensics a few days later and currently have some suspects in custody.

CSSN NOTE: This is the 7th boarding/incident in this bay in the last 6 months. We will update this report as additional information about successful prosecution is provided by the victims.

Related Reports:

See Luperon Security Reports.

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Dominican Republic, Luperon,

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Date Last Edited

Last Edited By

Sue Richards

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  • rschattman1
    June 28, 2020 at 12:43 PM

    This is a chronic issue.....the best way to deal with it is not to go there and not spend money there....maybe then local authorities will take security seriously. The DR is a crime ridden area for cruisers. I recommend you skip it

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