Hargeysa, Somaliland, December 26, 2009 (SL Times) – Coastguards in Somaliland have arrested 11 suspected pirates, a minister said Saturday, Oct. 19, 2009.
The men were boarding on a small boat late Friday when they were intercepted in the Awdal province, Abdillahi Ali Ismail Iro, Somaliland's interior minister, told reporters.
"Our coastguards have arrested 11 pirates on a small boat with their equipment. They were arrested during a security operation," he said. "It seems that those pirates are from Puntland."
Abdi Qeyre Dugsiye, a senior Somaliland coastguard official, also confirmed the incident.
Source: Agence France-Presse, December 19, 2009

















 

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