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NATO ship seizes explosives from suspected pirates
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-05-02 16:17

NATO ship seizes explosives from suspected pirates
A military personnel holds a weapon found aboard a pirate vessel in the Gulf of Aden May 1, 2009. Portuguese warship Corte-Real captured, disarmed and briefly detained 19 pirates armed with high-explosives after they attempted to attack a Norwegian-owned oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, NATO officials said on Saturday. [Agencies]

NAIROBI-- A NATO spokesman says a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on a Norwegian oil tanker.

Lt-Cmdr. Alexandre Santos Fernandes says it was the first time NATO forces found pirates armed with raw explosives.

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He says the sticks of dynamite were destroyed along with four automatic rifles and nine rocket propelled grenades.

Such explosives can be used for demolition and blasting through walls. They were seized after a helicopter from the Portuguese frigate the Corte-Real stopped an attack on the Norwegian-owned MV Kition late Friday.

Fernandes said Saturday the 19 suspected pirates were released because they had not attacked Portuguese property or citizens.

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