Sev­er­al for­eign na­tion­als fled in­to a near­by for­est af­ter aban­don­ing a ves­sel dur­ing a Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard pur­suit off Chatham on Tues­day, mark­ing the third mar­itime in­ci­dent in­volv­ing the Coast Guard in three days.

The Coast Guard said of­fi­cers were pur­su­ing the ves­sel when it was beached and aban­doned by its oc­cu­pants.

Ac­cord­ing to a me­dia re­lease is­sued yes­ter­day, sub­se­quent in­ves­ti­ga­tions de­ter­mined that sev­er­al for­eign na­tion­als fled in­to the sur­round­ing forest­ed area. A search of the area was con­duct­ed, but none of the in­di­vid­u­als were found.