19 Somalis held at Gujarat’s Dwarka coast are pirates:Police

Jamnagar Police confirmed on Monday that the 19 Somalis arrested yesterday evening at Dwarka coast are pirates.

Jamnagar’s District Police Superintendent Shri Subhash Trivedi confirmed that out of 21 foreign persons arrested with a boat 19 are Somali pirates. They had abducted Yemen boat with two Yemen citizens aboard and with this they were trying to kidnap larger vessel for ransom.

Just a week after 14 Somali and 3 Yemen citizens entered Gujarat’s Junagadh district coast in a boat, yesterday another 21 Africans reached Gujarat’s Jamnagar coast stepping out of their boat. They were give medical treatment. They claimed that due to problem in their boat engine and also due to rough weather they had to spend 70 difficult days inside the sea.