Four stowaways from Nigeria have been arrested in the United Kingdom after special forces stormed a cargo ship off the country’s coast.
The stowaways, who are obviously migrants had threatened staff on-board.
Special Boat Service (SBS) operatives from Sabre Squadron fast-roped from helicopters on to the ship, which had been sailing in the Thames Estuary, Sky News reported.
The operation lasted around 25 minutes and no one on-board was injured.
Essex Police said the vessel was taken to the Port of Tilbury and four men have been arrested under the Immigration Act.
The ship arrived at the Port of Tilbury in the early hours of Saturday at just after 4.20am.
Officers boarded the 236-metre long cargo ship, called the Grande Tema, shortly after 11pm on Friday.
Its operator, Grimaldi Lines, had earlier reported that four stowaways armed with iron tubes had called for the crew to navigate closer to the coast.
The company’s…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
