A sickening abadoned ghost boat with 14 corpses and drugs has been discovered. Forensic teams in the Dominican Republic are working to identify the remains of over a dozen mostly decomposed bodies from West Africa aboard an abandoned narco-vessel captured on the northern coastline of the Caribbean country. The Dominican Republic Navy (ARD) said that authorities have found at least 14 skeletons on a vessel of unknown origin and manufacture approximately 10 nautical miles off the coast of Rio San Juan on Tuesday.
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Authorities also seized a backpack containing 12 packages - labelled "HC1" on the front - of an unknown substance presumed to be contained illicit drugs such as cocaine or heroin. The substance found next to the bodies were handed over to the National Directorate for Drug Control, the country's anti-drug agency, where they are being analyzed in laboratories. Photos captured by the Dominican Navy also reveals dozens of cell phones and geolocation devices aboard.
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