A follow-up to this story in which a Russian tanker fought off pirates with the fire hoses.
MOSCOW, April 29 (Itar-Tass) -- Crew of the Russian antisubmarine ship Admiral Panteleyev detained and examined a boat with Somali pirates aboard Tuesday night. The detention took place at 18:10 Moscow Daylight Saving Time /14:10 GMT/ some 15 miles east off Somalia's coast in the zone of intensive commercial navigation.
"During the inspection, the crew found seven Kalashnikov guns, handguns of various brands, aluminum ladders for ascending aboard, navigation equipment, including the satellite one, reserve tanks with fuel, and a big amount of empty cartridge cases," a source at the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Busted! |