A teenager is missing at sea, he is Matthew Sookoo, 14 years of Fullerton Village, Cedros. According to reports Sookoo was with a group of men on board an unregistered pirogue which went out to sea, off the coast of Fullerton around 3.45 pm yesterday to test the boat, which was fitted with a 200 horsepower engine.
Darren Ragoobir told the investigator, on reaching some seven hundred feet into the sea, they decided to return to shore. Upon checking, Sookoo was not found onboard the vessel. A search of the ocean was made by the vessel. However, he was not found. The crew alerted villagers and fellow fishermen from the village, they mounted a search for Sookoo; however, he was not found. The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard were contacted, and they also joined in the search for the teen.
Cedros Police are continuing investigations.
