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Crew of US ship arrested after it entered Indian waters carrying a 'huge cache
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Posted on 10/21/2013 5:42:57 PM PDT by traumer

Six Britons have been arrested in India after their ship sailed into the country’s waters allegedly carrying a huge cache of illegal weapons.

The men – some of whom are believed to be ex-SAS – were among the crew of MV Seaman Guard Ohio which Indian officials branded a ‘floating armoury’.

Police said they seized 35 assault rifles and nearly 5,700 rounds of ammunition from guards on the U.S.-owned vessel.

The Indian coast guard stopped the ship, which belongs to security firm AdvanFort, on Saturday and detained 33 crew members.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: traumer

This article explains what is going on. This is a security protection mother ship. India has their nose out of joint over some Italian Marines who shot a couple of Indian fishermen, mistaking them for pirates

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57608126/india-arrests-35-from-u.s-security-firm-advanforts-well-armed-anti-piracy-mother-ship/

AdvanFort is a U.S. company. Their website explains who they are and what they do. No secrets here, just protecting commercial shipping from piracy, something that most navies of the world are refusing to do.


21 posted on 10/21/2013 6:17:28 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: traumer

I gotta check my gun safe, see if anything is missing...


22 posted on 10/21/2013 6:19:57 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: traumer

Indian officials branded a ‘floating armoury’.

Leave it to the Indians to not call an armory an arsenal...


23 posted on 10/21/2013 6:24:06 PM PDT by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: traumer
HUGE WEAPONS CACHE


24 posted on 10/21/2013 6:24:22 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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33 crew members and 35 rifles. One for each man and two spares. That seems about right.

5700 rounds of ammo is not much given the number of rifles. Since they were at sea they should have at least one case of 1000 rounds for each rifle.


25 posted on 10/21/2013 6:25:49 PM PDT by OldMissileer
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To: traumer

Seaman Guard?


26 posted on 10/21/2013 6:51:34 PM PDT by Stand W (Crush your enemies! See them driven before you! Hear the lamentations of their women!)
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To: traumer

Well put.


27 posted on 10/21/2013 7:01:13 PM PDT by mfish13 (ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!!)
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To: traumer

33 crew members with 35 rifles? They aren’t very good gun runners.


28 posted on 10/21/2013 7:10:20 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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Six Britons have been arrested in India after their ship sailed into the country’s waters allegedly carrying a huge cache of illegal weapons.

"Huge cache?" 35 "assault rifles," and 6k rounds of ammo is a huge cache?

I guess that could be considered a huge cache if you just lost all your firearms in a boating accident.

Oh, what's an "illegal" weapon anyway?

Never mind, I don't care, they're in Indian waters.

Was that racist?

5.56mm

29 posted on 10/21/2013 7:11:34 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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I would say 1000 rounds per rifle is a minimum. These guys seem woefully short of ammo.


30 posted on 10/21/2013 7:37:17 PM PDT by Gabrial (The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the Whitehouse.)
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Hopefully they left with much more than 5,700 rounds but found the chance to deposit some into a pirate’s ass.


31 posted on 10/21/2013 8:03:05 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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DING DING DING. We have a WINNER!!!


32 posted on 10/21/2013 9:04:43 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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