[FILE] Paul Kyprianou, a spokesman for the ship’s owner Grimaldi Lines, said the four stowaways were discovered after the vessel set sail from Lagos. Photo/IndependentUK
Four stowaways who reportedly threatened the crew of a cargo ship coming from Nigeria with iron bars were held on Saturday after British police boarded the vessel and arrested them.
The Grande Tema, a 71,000-tonne ship which set off from Lagos on December 10, was boarded and secured by police late on Friday and brought into its destination port of Tilbury in Essex, east of London, on Saturday.
“Four men have been detained under the Immigration Act,” the local Essex Police force said.
The police intervention followed reports of “concerns for the safety of crew after a number of people were found on board.
“No one on board the vessel has been injured.”
Paul Kyprianou, a spokesman for the ship’s owner Grimaldi Lines, said the four stowaways were discovered after the vessel set sail from…
