The National Drugs Enforcement Agency (NDEA) has made two arrests during the last week of April 2017.

In the first case NDEA agents arrested a 27-year-old man on April 26, 2017 at Anse Boileau for the offence of trafficking in a controlled drug.

The man was arrested with approximately 4.17grammes of suspected heroin wrapped in cling film, some herbal materials suspected to be cannabis also wrapped in cling film and a sum of R4,636.50 in different denominations along with a digital scale. 

At the NDEA station a case was registered against him for the courts then he was fingerprinted, interviewed and photographed before being cell transferred to the Central Police Station. 

There was no one on board the seven-metre fibreglass boat when it sank close to Silhouette on Sunday afternoon, the Islands Development Company (IDC) has said.

In a press communiqué dated Monday May 8, 2017, the IDC wrote that the seven-metre fibreglass boat belonged to La Belle Tortue guesthouse on Silhouette island and had gone to Grand Barbe for a visit.

The boat was carrying five persons, including the manager of the establishment, some staff and friends.

Still according to the communiqué, the boat got to Grand Barbe and was anchored close to the beach.