11 pirates arrested in Puntland

(BRUSSELS2) Police in Puntland (autonomous region of Somalia) arrested 11 pirates in the village of Gabac near Eyl. " The police came on patrol from the ocean, they arrested 11 pirates, with weapons, gasoline. explained General Khalif Issa Mudan during a press conference in Garowe, reports the Somalia Report site. " A fast pirate ship was seized and destroyed. (...) The pirates tried to flee ". These suspects are members of the Garaad group, which is responsible for negotiating the ransom of the Algerian ship MV Blida. They will be brought before the court of Garowe. "Further arrests may follow warned the general.