Man arrested in Rye after stolen boat runs aground

A man has been arrested in Rye after a stolen boat ran aground. Picture: Stuart ClarkA man has been arrested in Rye after a stolen boat ran aground. Picture: Stuart Clark
A man has been arrested in Rye after a stolen boat ran aground. Picture: Stuart Clark
A man has been arrested in Rye after a stolen boat ran aground, according to the RNLI.

In a joint statement from the RNLI and Sussex Police, they said that in the early hours of Friday, the coastguard was alerted by a member of the public that a vessel had run aground near to the lifeboat station at Dungeness, Kent.

The RNLI station in Littlestone was paged at 5am and arrived on the scene at 5.30 am, and the coastguard had arrived thirty minutes earlier.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad