PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. (WSVN) — Authorities are investigating three stowaways who were discovered on a cargo ship.

Officials said they found the trip on cargo ship Melbourne Strait just before 6 p.m. Wednesday. The three were detained and questioned by authorities.

Port records show the ship’s last port of call was in Venezuela.

It is unclear where the subjects are from.

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