Human Smuggling: Nova Scotia

Search And Rescue Dept: YARMOUTH, N.S. - A large search-and-rescue operation off the coast of Nova Scotia for three people missing from a stricken yacht took a twist Tuesday when the federal government announced it's investigating whether the boat was involved in human smuggling, according to Winnipeg Free Press. A search for three other people who were on board the SV Tabasco 2 had been called off by early evening Tuesday and turned over to the RCMP as a missing persons case and search and rescue technicians are hoisted by a Cormorant helicopter during a Canada-United States coast guard ceremony in Halifax on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. A large search-and-rescue operation off the coast of Nova Scotia for three people missing from a stricken yacht took a twist Tuesday when the federal government announced it's investigating whether the boat was involved in human smuggling. The crew of a Cormorant helicopter plucked three men from the water. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan One man who was pulled from the Atlantic Ocean early Tuesday morning by search-and-rescue technicians was later pronounced dead, while five others were rescued. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.