The 11 pirates arrested on Sunday by the Topaz released

(B2) Eventually the Seychelles authorities decided to release the 11 pirates apprehended during the chase after the ships
alleged to have attacked the tuna boats Drenner and Glenan. "We did not find any weapons or mution or any other proof that they were involved in piracy", explained Lieutenant Colonel Rosette, Commander of the Seychelles Coast Guard. The suspects have been ordered to leave the Exclusive Economic Zone. But the Seychellois claim to have them on their toes. “We maintain surveillance to ensure that they have left the waters and do not return.The 11 suspects were put back in one of the boats. The Seycheyllois confiscated one of the skiffs, the other skiff seems to have been lost. The French government sent a message of congratulations to the coast guards of the Seychelles.


Seychellois coast guards have released, Sunday, 11 persons suspected to have been involved in piracy failing to find evidence they were pirates. "we found no arms or ammunition or any other evidence that they were involved in piracy so we had to let them go. We put them on the ship, but we have kept one skiff while the other skiff seems to have drifted away", Ltt Col Rosette said.