Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Defense Ministry says a military transport plane has picked up 10 suspected Somali pirates arrested at sea and is flying them to the Netherlands to await transfer to Germany.
The pirates were arrested April 5 by Dutch special forces marines who slid down ropes from a helicopter to recapture the seized German container ship MV Taipan.
The pirates hijacked the ship earlier in the day about 500 miles (800 kilometers) east of Somalia.
They were transferred Wednesday from the Dutch frigate HMS Tromp in Djibouti and were being flown to a military air base in the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven.
Germany has issued a European arrest warrant for the men and plans to prosecute them.
Source: AP