SyuzhetyVoennaya operation against Somali pirates - Lenta.ru, 01.01.2009Frantsuzsky sloop Prize Maître l'Er "prevented two attempts by Somali pirates seize bulk carrier S. Venus, coming under the flag of Panama. This Agency France Presse reported in the military department of France.
According to the representative of the General Staff of France, the pirates tried twice to board the Panamanian vessel. The first time came to help frigate Prize Maître l'Er "otpugnul pirates who fled in the face of the French Navy warship. Then the pirates made a second attempt to capture a dry cargo ship, but on the approach to the vessel, they were intercepted by a French frigate. As a result, the eight criminals were arrested, with the detention of the pirates had seized six Kalashnikov assault rifles, grenade launcher, abordazhny hook and two rope ladders. Detained pirates, said the agency interlocutor will be handed over to Somali authorities who will decide their fate.
Earlier, the French Navy in the joint operation of the EU countries have already detained the pirates operating in the territorial waters of Somalia. For example, in October 2008, the French sailors arrested nine pirates and handed them over to authorities in Somalia, and in April and September, the French military conducted two operations against pirates seized two boats when traveling in France, with the result that 12 criminals were arrested.
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