MIAMI – Miami-Dade police arrested two cruise ship workers over the weekend after cabin searches turned up both child sexual abuse material and bestiality videos on both of their cellphones, according to arrest reports.
The arrest reports don’t state which cruise lines the pair worked for.
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According to the reports, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents searched the cabins of both Igedeboy Mardika, a 28-year-old Indonesian national, and Sreerag Vazhayil, a 32-year-old Indian national, at PortMiami on Sunday.
During a border search of their cellphones, officers said they discovered videos of both boys and girls being raped and sexually abused by both men and women; the victims were as young as preschool-aged.
Mardika also distributed a child sexual abuse video, police said.
Police said Vazhayil had a video of a man having sex with a horse, while Mardika had three videos of women having sex with a horse, a dog and a pig respectively.
Authorities arrested Mardika on 16 felony charges related to the possession and promotion of child sexual abuse material, along with three counts of possessing videos depicting sexual conduct with animals.
Vazhayil is facing seven charges related to the possession of child sexual abuse material as well as one charge of possessing a video depicting sexual conduct with animals.
Both men remained in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Monday; Mardika was being held on a $52,500 bond and an immigration detainer, while Vazhayil was being held on a $20,000 bond and an immigration detainer.