Reply #37: Ship with ‘irregular cargo’ from Malta stopped by Nato before entering Tripoli [View All]

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NATIONAL Saturday, April 16, 2011

HMS Liverpool has stopped a suspect car ferry from entering Libya as part of the Nato arms blockade, the UK's Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

The Portsmouth-based destroyer leapt into action to board the roll-on, roll-off ferry Setubal Express, which was sailing from Malta toward the Libyan capital Tripoli with a cargo of vehicles.

The crew suspected cargo was onboard which could be used by forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi.

Liverpool sailors boarded the ferry and discovered the ship’s cargo record book ‘contained irregularities’, the MoD said.

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