4 Americans held in Mozambique
Four Americans and a briton are being held by mozambique authorities on weapons charges while they were attempting to free a pirated ship according to BBC.
Nampula provincial police spokesperson Inacio Dina told the BBC that the weapons include an FN 5.5mm rifle, as well as ammunition and communications equipment.
The police have named the leader of the group as 42-year-old US citizen Michael Ferguson. He has not commented to the press.
The group had reportedly flown from the United States via Ethiopia and Kenya, where they picked up the weapons.
Mr Ferguson reportedly said their plan was to catch small boats in the northern Mozambican coastal city of Pemba before joining a larger vessel and trying to free the boat from pirates – it is not clear which ship they were allegedly trying to rescue.
Ferguson is reportedly a former Navy SEAL and a Vice President of the security company Greyside Group which purports to provide “risk management” services for commercial and government clients.
Category: Pirates
Uh Oh …
If your not with us, you’re against us. Just saying.
Countries who ignore these pirates or give in to their demands time after time…how’s that working out for ya?
But, remember. The State Department said they were unorganized groups of hungry farmers who just want to feed their family. Not that they are Muslim radicals who make millions to buy more guns while the lower-classes starve in the villages they have set up shop in.