DAVIE, Fla. - Three Florida men were recently arrested in connection with an illegal catch where 53 spiny lobsters were confiscated, according to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

What happened?

What we know:

On Sunday, Aug. 3, officials were conducting resource inspections at Indian Key Fill in the Florida Keys when they saw a man carrying a bucket with a spiny lobster.

They approached the man and his group to inspect their catch. With the group's consent, officers then searched their cars and found two coolers containing 53 spiny lobsters, two speared spiny lobsters, one whole stone crab, a stone crab claw and a speared, undersized mangrove snapper.

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The authorities then arrested the three Broward County men in Islamorada: 3

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