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| Navy nabs 19 foreigners with dhow o |
| Navy nabs 19 foreigners with dhow off Lakshadweep islands
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| INDIA
, 4-December-2010
9:1:56 AM |
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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.
The successful operation comes just four days after India deployed a multi-ship force in the Arabian Sea, which has been witnessing a spurt in piracy in the recent weeks, to ward off the sea brigands operating there.
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