Two private guards arrested in Mozambique

(B2) The Attorney General ordered the release on Thursday (May 3) of two Danish private guards (Jack Nielsen and Peter Junlet). They had been arrested by the Mozambican police in the port of Nacala the previous Monday because they were in possession of bullet-proof vests. The police in this port in the north of the country (Nampula province) have been on their toes since they seized weapons from a merchant ship last March. Weapons intended to protect against piracy but which she considered to have been transferred illegally. According to the website All Africa who reports the information, the local police were simply not aware of pre-existing agreements allowing private guards to disembark with arms and baggage at ports around the country.