Arrested off Senegal

Four have-a-go-hero Brits sailing a converted warship to Africa on what they describe as an ‘anti-piracy’ mission have been arrested off Senegal.

British sailors on ‘anti-piracy’ mission to Somalia in former navy warship are arrested off Senegal just five days after being impounded in Tenerife

Four have-a-go-hero Brits sailing a converted warship to Africa on what they describe as an ‘anti-piracy’ mission have been arrested off Senegal.

Armed marine commandos boarded their decommissioned fast attack gun ship Defender, which has two fearsome-looking cannons, and took them into custody in Dakar.

The Senegalese authorities said the four – all ex-UK servicemen – were detained on suspicion of ‘illegal activity’.

The group, led by former Royal Navy submariner Chris Enmarch, had already had the 127ft Defender impounded in the Canary Islands.

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Source: Daily Mail.