Po­lice sus­pect that re­mains which were found along the coast­line off a beach in San­gre Grande, could be from the drift­ing ves­sel spot­ted near the bp Cas­sia Plat­form off Trinidad’s south-east­ern coast last month.

Five bod­ies were seen in that ves­sel.

Po­lice said on Wednes­day, a San­gre Grande man went to the area to catch crabs when he spot­ted a skull, tor­so and bones scat­tered on the sand. He called the po­lice.

The re­mains were re­moved and foren­sic tests will be con­duct­ed to de­ter­mine the iden­ti­ty.

Last month, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard re­port­ed that while at­tempt­ing to tow the ves­sel with the de­com­pos­ing bod­ies to shore, the tow­line sep­a­rat­ed and the ves­sel dis­ap­peared from view and sunk.

Days lat­er, two de­com­posed bod­ies washed ashore in Man­zanil­la.

None of the re­mains have been iden­ti­fied.

It is sus­pect­ed the bod­ies on board may have been African mi­grants seek­ing to gain refuge in Eu­rope, when their boat drift­ed in the sea.