There's has been no official confirmation, but very reliable reports to 7news tell us that a vessel was stolen from the Coast Guard this weekend.
According to our reports at 11:30 on Sunday night, a 39 foot Colombian style vessel painted white with blue and red stripes, registration number CG06 with two Yamaha engines and about 200 gallons of fuel was stolen from no less than the Coast Guard headquarters near mile 3 on the Western Highway.
It's a huge embarrassment and the only good news is that the vessel has been recovered. We can't give you details on that recovery because the Coast Guard is pretending that it never happened. They today told us that "no vessel was stolen!" Incredible, but true. When we called and went to the headquarters this morning they told us everyone was in a meeting, but suddenly this afternoon, the commander, Admiral John Borland was no longer in a meeting and there was no vessel that had ever gone missing.
If that's true, then they should be charged for a making a false report to police, because the stolen vessel was dutifully reported to the CIB on Monday.
