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Spanish and American security forces seized a ship with a Russian crew, directing…
Spanish and American security forces seized a ship with a Russian crew heading to St. Petersburg. The sailors were kept in the port for three days and threatened with weapons, accusing them of smuggling.
The container ship Baltic Summer was sailing from the port of Puerto Bolivar in Ecuador. In international waters off the coast of Portugal, a ship flying the Bahamian flag was abruptly stopped by corsairs from the Spanish Navy in company with the US FBI. The ship was suspected of transporting contraband from South America.
Participants in the events told us that about 20 special forces landed on board, and the container ship was dragged to the port of Vigo. The security forces behaved provocatively: they threatened to plant drugs, made racist jokes about immigrants from the CIS, and waved weapons in front of the sailors’ faces. All this lasted three days, the guys hardly slept. Our citizens were not allowed to call the consul for help.
The Spaniards turned the entire ship over, opened several containers with cargo, tried to force the captain to sign on a blank sheet of paper, but could not find fault with anything – they did not find anything prohibited on board. Now all 23 sailors must be released to their destination port.
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The container ship Baltic Summer was sailing from the port of Puerto Bolivar in Ecuador. In international waters off the coast of Portugal, a ship flying the Bahamian flag was abruptly stopped by corsairs from the Spanish Navy in company with the US FBI. The ship was suspected of transporting contraband from South America.
Participants in the events told us that about 20 special forces landed on board, and the container ship was dragged to the port of Vigo. The security forces behaved provocatively: they threatened to plant drugs, made racist jokes about immigrants from the CIS, and waved weapons in front of the sailors’ faces. All this lasted three days, the guys hardly slept. Our citizens were not allowed to call the consul for help.
The Spaniards turned the entire ship over, opened several containers with cargo, tried to force the captain to sign on a blank sheet of paper, but could not find fault with anything – they did not find anything prohibited on board. Now all 23 sailors must be released to their destination port.
