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Brazil's Navy Seizes
Weapons Of Pirates
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Brazil's Navy Seizes
Weapons Of Pirates
RIO DE JANEIRO - A
Brazilian navy troop
seized a motorboat full
of weapons on Thursday
in Guaruja area, in the
southeastern Sao Paulo
state, official sources
said on Friday.
The motorboat, which
belonged to a group of
pirates, was seized with
three 12-millimeter
carbines, a
nine-millimeter
submachine gun, a
40-millimeter pistol and
some ammunition on
board, said the
commandant of Sao Paulo
state's Port Authority,
Afranio de Paiva Moreira
Junior.
The pirates were robbing
ships when they
encountered a navy
patrol. The five men on
the boat jumped into the
sea and swam to the
shore to escape, said
Moreira Junior.
"The weapons are similar
to those described by
victims of recent
robberies in this area,"
he said.
The Port Authority
called the Federal
Police to help
investigate the case.
Four boats were
reportedly robbed in the
Santos Bay, southeast of
Sao Paulo, in February
and March this year. |
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