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Navy Ship on Anti-piracy Patrol Nabs 19 Foreigners with Dhow

  •   Sat, Dec 04 2010 05:37:03 PM

New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) An Indian warship on anti- piracy patrols in the Arabian Sea has apprehended 19 foreign nationals on board a dhow sailing suspiciously off the Bitra Island in the Lakshadweep Islands chain.

INS Rajput, a Destroyer, was on patrol in the Exclusive Economic Zone west of Bitra when it spotted the dhow sailing suspiciously.

"At around 1400 hours yesterday, INS Rajput was on anti-piracy combing operations in the Eastern Arabian sea and it apprehended a suspicious dhow in the Exclusive Economic Zone west of Bitra Island in the Lakshadweep Islands," a Navy spokesperson said here today.

"The dhow, with 19 foreigners on board, is being escorted to Kavaratti in the Lakshadweep Islands to be handed over to the police," he added.

 
  

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