NAIROBI, March 7 (Reuters) - An Australian Navy ship has seized a huge cache of weapons near Oman's coast from a fishing vessel bound for Somalia, the navy said on Monday, exposing a possible violation of a U.N. Security Council arms embargo. The United Nations has a decades-long arms embargo in place against Somalia, which has been mired in conflict since civil war broke … [Read more...]
Undeclared Weapons Found on Höegh Car Carrier Inside UN Vehicles, Owner Confirms
By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Kenya, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Weapons found by Kenyan police on a ship last week had been stashed inside a shipment of United Nations vehicles, the Norwegian company that owns the vessel said on Wednesday. Kenyan police said security agents on Thursday discovered firearms and drugs on the Norwegian-flagged Hoegh Transporter, which is … [Read more...]
Drugs and Weapons Reportedly Found on Höegh Car Carrier in Mombasa
A search of a Norwegian-flagged car carrier at the Port of Mombasa, Kenya has reportedly turned up firearms and drugs hidden inside a few of the vehicles being transported by the ship. Local reports on Monday said that the illegal contraband was discovered during a search of the ship Höegh Transporter and its cargo over the weekend. The contraband was discovered … [Read more...]
Kenya Raids Höegh Car Carrier Suspected of Carrying Drugs and Firearms
Update: Höegh Autoliners has confirmed that the vessel under investigation is its Höegh Transporter, a 6,500 ceu Pure Car/Truck Carrier (PCTC). A statement from Höegh Autoliners said the following: Höegh Transporter berthed in Mombasa, Kenya Thursday 17 September in the afternoon for a regular discharge operation. The vessel came from Mumbai, India. After … [Read more...]
Greek Coast Guard Nabs Arms Smuggling Ship Bound for Libya
ATHENS, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Greek authorities have seized a freighter carrying an undeclared shipment of weapons en route from Turkey to Libya, coast guard officials said on Wednesday. A coast guard patrol boat raided the vessel on Tuesday, 20 nautical miles northeast of Crete. The freighter, with a crew of seven and which had sailed from the Turkish port of Iskenderun, was … [Read more...]
Colombia Detains Chinese-Flagged Ship Over Illegal Arms Transport
BOGOTA/SHANGHAI, March 4 (Reuters) - Colombian authorities detained a vessel operated by China's largest shipping group for illegally transporting thousands of cannon shells, about 100 tonnes of gunpowder and other materials used to make explosives, the attorney general's office said. The Da Dan Xia, operated by Cosco Shipping Co Ltd , was headed for Cuba when it was stopped … [Read more...]
UN Orders Ship Searches Off Somalia to Find Weapons, Charcoal
By Sangwon Yoon and Ilya Gridneff Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations Security Council authorized naval inspections of ships off Somalia’s coast and beyond suspected of carrying illegal weapons and charcoal, a commodity that generates millions of dollars a month in revenue for militants linked to al-Qaeda. Thirteen of the council’s 15 members voted today in favor of … [Read more...]