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Faced with overwhelming force, the stowaways are said to have surrendered almost immediately. this was a very efficient operation. it only took nine minutes from the word go to the stowaways being rounded up and identified. and, of course, this reflects the training that both the fleet air arm crews and the sbs — the special boat service — undertake all the time. none of the 22 crew of the andromeda were injured in the incident. the seven stowaways have been detained. andy moore, bbc news. f...

They detained seven individuals, and were told the whole operation only took around nine minutes, so a very quick operation. an extremely highly proficient professional service, the sbs. very well—known in many parts of the world. were also told that no members of the crew were hurt during this operation. it was authorised by the home secretary and the defence secretary earlier on this evening at the request of the local police force, hampshire police, and presumably in the intervening hours, ...

Action has been taken. i should say, in dealing with such operations across the world, we have some of the most professional organisations that you can find, not least the sps has already been mentioned, based conveniently down the road in poole. this is a good outcome today. was there at any point there are the events today, what was taking place on board that tanker, was it a security threat to the uk? it would have been deemed a security threat when you do not have a vessel that is this large...

The first country in the west crushed by the pandemic is seeing a grim history repeating itself, and hopes its not too late to turn the tide. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. a military operation onboard a tanker in the english channel has ended with the arrest of seven people. its thought stowaways were causing problems on board the vessel, which had sailed from lagos in nigeria. the bbc‘s duncan kennedy has the latest. it really has been an extraordinary few hours ending with this special forces ...

What we do know is the ship comedy andromeda, sailed from nigeria some three weeks ago. it appears there we re three weeks ago. it appears there were a number of stowaways on board. crucially, we dont know what their motive is. it could be something as straightforward as seeking political asylu m straightforward as seeking political asylum in the uk or it could be something more sinister. but what is clear is at some stage, the crew became aware of these stowaways on board, felt to an extent thr...

Thank you, and also thank you to guy in madrid. police are investigating an incident on board an oil tanker — the nave andromeda — in waters off the isle of wight. its thought stowaways may be causing problems for the crew of the liberian—registered vessel, which is positioned south of ventnor. duncan kennedy is in lee—on—the—solent for us this evening. duncan? well, reeta, the nave andromeda was en route from lagos in nigeria to behind me here with a cargo of oil. sources have told ...

Duncan, we have this request for military support, what else can you tell us? well, lots of developments all day long. let me take you through it chronologically, starting with when the ship arrived in the solent. that was about 9am this morning. we have been told by sources that the crew knew there we re sources that the crew knew there were some stowaways on board. dont know how they knew how many there we re know how they knew how many there were but there were some stowaways on board. the sh...

Increasingly uneasy and some are predicting if not now, then by the christmas holidays, there will need to bea christmas holidays, there will need to be a change of heart. nick, many thanks. the ministry of defence has confirmed that members of the armed forces boarded a ship off the isle of wight tonight, and gained control after a suspected hijacking. seven people have been detained. the liberian registered vessel is positioned in the english channel south of ventnor. duncan kennedy is in lee�...

Whitehall saying the situation on the tanker is over. whether that is a peaceful resolution or whether the military of the special forces have been involved, we simply dont know. just to backtrack on the background to this, the andromeda had been en route from nigeria to southampton when this incident unfolded around about nine oclock this morning, about nine oclock this morning, about five miles off the coast of the isle of wight. the crew had known there were about seven stowaways on boa rd kn...

Corner of the isle of wight. just in the last few moments, we have had a statement from hampshire police giving a few more details as to what has happened. they say that they understand that the crew received verbal threats from these stowaways before they locked themselves in this room and it is the police understanding that no one has so far been hurt in this incident. they say they have set up a three mile exclusion zone around the tanker as a matter of precaution and they are working with wh...