9 Illegals Detained For Deportation

The Bay County Sheriff's Office received complaints in late December, 2011, regarding suspicious activity occurring on a construction site on Transmitter Road in Panama City, Florida.

On January 3, 2012, Bay County deputies established surveillance in the area and observed three vehicles occupied by numerous individuals bearing out of state license plates. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on the vehicles.

Deputies discovered all three vehicles were registered to owners with no valid driver's licenses as well as other possible violations. Furthermore, deputies discovered that the occupants were possible illegally residing in the United States.

Members of the Bay County Sheriff's Office Homeland Security Investigations 287G Immigration Task Force interviewed the subjects in the vehicles. It was determined that nine of the occupants were illegal aliens after they stated to deputies that they were illegally residing in the United States.

As a result of the investigation, nine of the subjects were arrested by the Task Force and processed for deportation.

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