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| Explosives missing from Indian ship |
| 2005-12-28 |
| Via ThreatsWatch India's defence and interior ministries were investigating how 100 tonnes of explosives went missing from a merchant navy ship bound for Iran, officials said Wednesday. The six missing containers of explosives were intended for road construction in Afghanistan where India's Border Road Organisation was constructing a highway. "About 100 tonnes of explosives meant for the Border Road Organisation in Afghanistan were reported missing on the 26th (of December)," said a government official who did not wish to be named. "We are treating this as a serious security matter," the official said. The captain and six crew of the Iran-bound ship were detained for questioning. The ship set sail from the western city of Mumbai city Thursday for the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas where the consignment was to be offloaded to be taken to the project site in Afghanistan. The containers were discovered to be missing just 10 to 15 nautical miles off Mumbai. The official said the captain's claim that the cargo was lost as the sea was choppy was being investigated. He said officials from customs, police, Indian navy, coast guard and other security agencies were enquiring into the incident. |
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