Chetumal, Q.R. — Municipal police in Chetumal arrested a Canadian man Sunday after a water chase through Chetumal Bay. The unidentified man has been accused of stealing a local fisherman’s boat.

The man is alleged to have stolen the boat from a fisherman’s pier inside Chetumal Bay to cross into the neighboring country of Belize. Authorities were made aware of the stolen boat and notified the Navy who began to pursue him in open water.
During the chase, the Canadian man jumped into the sea, however, he was captured by Navy personnel and handed over to municipal authorities on land. He has since been transferred to a Chetumal jail.

Authorities have not provided details surrounding the Sunday incident. It is not clear why the man stole the boat and was heading toward Belize. The now-detained Canadian has not been named.