Arctic Sea ghost ship was carrying weapons to Iran

[Ame®icano]

Mystery has surrounded the ship, officially carrying a cargo of timber worth £1.3 million from Finland to Algeria, since its crew first reported a boarding in Swedish waters on July 24 after a raid by 10 armed English-speaking men posing as anti-narcotics police officers.

It was eventually recovered off the coast of west Africa on August 17. Russia has since charged eight men from Estonia, Latvia and Russia with kidnapping and piracy.

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[RetiredGySgt]

Mystery has surrounded the ship, officially carrying a cargo of timber worth £1.3 million from Finland to Algeria, since its crew first reported a boarding in Swedish waters on July 24 after a raid by 10 armed English-speaking men posing as anti-narcotics police officers.

It was eventually recovered off the coast of west Africa on August 17. Russia has since charged eight men from Estonia, Latvia and Russia with kidnapping and piracy.

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It does not say there were weapons, just that there might have been "something" else aboard the ship.

 

[Ame®icano]

True. But...

I became sceptic when I red that Russian NAVY and submarines went after missing ship. I doubt that RUssia care about $1.5M worth of timber.

Arctic Sea Iran arms link denied

 

[xotoxi]

Arctic Sea ghost ship was carrying weapons to Iran

Mystery has surrounded the ship, officially carrying a cargo of timber worth £1.3 million from Finland to Algeria...

Maybe the Iranians were going to make an arsenal of bows and arrows.