Hijacked ship...............

[andymadmak]

.......So this ship that has been "hijacked by Pirates" somewhere after leaving Finland, and which has now vanished from screens as its transponder has been switched off..... Is it just me or is there something a bit fishy about this?

1, Its not that big a vessel (compared to the big tankers that usually get taken)
2, It was carrying wood (as opposed to far more valuable oil)

Why would anyone take a wood freighter, coming out of Finland?

And why would the Russian navy scramble 5 war ships to track her down?

I suspect there must be more to this than meets the eye. Has someone nicked a nuke from our soviet comrades and smuggled it out via Finland? Is the hijack a cover story?

Andy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8197248.st...

Edited by andymadmak on Thursday 13th August 12:52

[Puggit]

I don't know the answers to the questions, but I do know it's a repost

[andymadmak]

Puggit said:

I don't know the answers to the questions, but I do know it's a repost

Sorry! I did do a search, honest I did Guv!