Sunday March 3, 2024
An SH-60 Seahawk helicopter flies above a stateless dhow interdicted with a shipment of illicit weapons in international waters of the North Arabian Sea in this picture taken on May 6, 2021 and released by US Navy on May 9, 2021. (Reuters)
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said on Saturday it had received a report from the Maritime Security Centre Horn of Africa (MSCHOA) on an unnamed hijacked fishing dhow has departed Jiifle, Somalia, with 11 armed people on board.
Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO, it added.
Reporting by Ahmed Tolba and Muhammad Al Gebaly; editing by Jonathan Oatis