By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

FIFTEEN illegal Chinese nationals were taken into custody by Bahamian authorities after they were discovered in South Bimini this week.

According to reports, officers acting on information went to Port Royal where they found a group of eight women and seven men.

Three Bahamians - two residents of Bimini and one resident of Abaco - were also arrested and taken into custody in connection with the matter.

The illegal immigrants were flown to New Providence, where they are being detained at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre.