Two missing after Scarborough fishing expedition

STEPHON NICHOLAS

GML To­ba­go Cor­re­spon­dent

Two men are cur­rent­ly miss­ing af­ter fail­ing to re­turn home from a fish­ing ex­pe­di­tion near Scar­bor­ough on Fri­day af­ter­noon.

The men, who hail from Buc­coo and Low­lands, left on Fri­day morn­ing aboard the Preda­tor, a 24-foot ves­sel.

How­ev­er, con­cerns were raised when they did not re­turn home.

Head of the All To­ba­go Fish­er­folk As­so­ci­a­tion (AT­FA), Cur­tis Dou­glas, con­firmed a crew is search­ing for the men.

Po­lice, Coast Guard and the To­ba­go Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency (TEMA) have been no­ti­fied about the sit­u­a­tion.

TEMA head Al­lan Stew­art said he was briefed about the sit­u­a­tion this morn­ing and is gath­er­ing fur­ther in­for­ma­tion.