According to the Guardian, a Libyan-registered tanker is now moored in waters south of Sandown on the Isle of Wight. “We are intervening in an ongoing incident on board a vessel south of the Isle of Wight,” said a Hampshire police spokesman.
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Nave Andromeda set sail from Lagos, Nigeria, this month to arrive at the port of Southampton at 7:30 a.m. Sunday.
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Nave Andromeda is currently moored off the Isle of Wight.
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Two Coast Guard helicopters were sent to the 228-meter-long vessel after the ship began to take a strange course and began to spin in circles. The British Ministry of Defense said that it was not involved in the incident and its solution, the whole case was being solved by the police and the Coast Guard.
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According to unconfirmed reports, an unspecified group of black passengers attempted to seize the ships as the vessel approached the British Isles.
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