Police searching for migrants after sailboat lands in Hollywood Beach
Local law enforcement and border patrol officers are searching for a group of migrants who landed on the beach in Hollywood Saturday morning, then fled, according to a release on social media.
About 7:40 a.m., Hollywood Police responded to the beach at Coolidge Street, the department said in an Instagram post. There, they found a 30-foot sailboat carrying multiple people believed to be migrants, who fled the area.
Hollywood police officers, Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and U.S Customs and Border Patrol are all canvassing the area to try to find the migrants, the post said. It did not say how many migrants landed or where they departed from.