The crew of "Peter the Great 'arrested 10 Somali pirates.

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Severe nuclear missile cruiser "Pyotr Veliky" Russia navy detained three pirate ships in the region of Somalia, reports "Interfax" on Friday, February 13. Also arrested were 10 pirates.
Three small pirate ship - two speed boats and one large boat-base - were detained by the crew of the Russian ship in the Indian Ocean to the south-east of the island of Socotra. Assistant Chief Russian Navy Igor Dygalo said that all detainees are nationals of Somali pirates.
According to Dygalo, the Ka-27 helicopter that has been raised from the deck of "Peter the Great discovered two small boats, which at high speed approaching the fishing boat, shedshemu under the flag of Iran. When you see the helicopter and boat traffic stop led to drift next to a large slow-boat base. Russian helicopter pilots saw that with the boats in the sea dropped weapons. Ka-27 helicopter continued tracking of the boats in the area before the arrival of the cruiser "Peter the Great."
Then on board the ship were raised by ten citizens of Somalia. Do the detainees were seized rifle G-3, AK-47 rifles, two machine AKMS, two RPG-7 rocket launchers, two anti-grenades, as well as the receiver GPS. Also seized were 500 grams of drugs, a large batch of money in the Somali shilling, a bag of sugar and a bag of rice. According to Dygalo, the pirates were detained in a state of drug intoxication.
The fate of detainees of Somalia will be solved with the participation of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Recall, earlier off the coast of Somalia was carrying a Russian patrol boat duty "fearless." Currently, the traffic safety of the civilian courts in the area of high activity of pirates carrying out Russian Navy ships "Admiral Vinogradov" and "Peter the Great."