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Officers of coast guard department of Georgian Interior Ministry’s Border Police detained ship “Buket” sailing under the flag of Panama, APA reports quoting RBK.
The ship was detained because navigation rules had been violated, the ship had illegally crossed Georgian border several times and arrived in the occupied territory of Abkhazia. The frontier guards said the detained ship had left a Turkish port for Sukhumi. The crew members have been arrested, 13 of them are Turkish citizens, 4 Azerbaijanis. The ship was loaded with 2 tones of gasoline and 700 tones of diesel fuel. The detained ship was brought to Poti port, the base of the coast guard department. Criminal case has been launched on the fact, investigation is underway.
The report about the detention of the ship and arrest of 4 Azerbaijanis has not been officially confirmed yet. Azerbaijani embassy in Georgia told APA that they had not received information about the detention of the Azerbaijanis. The embassy is carrying out investigation to clarify the information.
/apa.az/
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