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Twelve Venezue­lans who are in this coun­try il­le­gal­ly are ex­pect­ed to be charged with sev­er­al of­fences.

A state­ment from the TTPs is­sued yes­ter­day said the 12, who were in­ter­cept­ed on a ves­sel in Ica­cos last week, face charges of il­le­gal en­try in­to the coun­try and aid­ing and abet­ting.

On Au­gust 13, the Coast Guard stopped a ves­sel car­ry­ing 20 pas­sen­gers, which in­clud­ed six males, six fe­males, and eight chil­dren, as well as 32 buck­ets of cheese, 14 bullfinch birds, and four cro­cus bags con­tain­ing meat.