In Senegal, brothers, in Senegal

The Russian fishing trawler "Oleg Naydenov", detained the day before off the coast of Africa by the Senegal military, was cut into the capital of Senegal Dakar. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to Yuri Parshev, Executive Director of the Murmansk company Phoenix, which owns the ship.

The ship was covered in the port of Dakar at about 4:00 in Moscow. After that, the military left side, and the ship was taken under the protection of the coastal military police. All crew members - both Russians and Gwineans - have seized passports.

It is known that Captain Trailer Vadim Mantorov required medical care. “The captain has a bruise from handcuffs, may be omitted the kidneys, the ship doctor made him injections,” said Parshev. In addition, the ships of the ship are suspected of a fracture of the hand.

At the same time, the representative of the Fenix ​​company added, there is still no official information about the reasons for the detention of the vessel.

Meanwhile, on the eve of the representative of the Senegal Army, Lieutenant Colonel Adam Diop said that the ship was detained on suspicion of illegal fishing in the territorial waters of Senegal. “This is the third trawler, which we have detained for one week of similar suspicion,” the military noted.

The country's ecology Minister Haidar Al Ali confirmed the words of Diop. “This trawler is a recidivist,” the official said. “He repeatedly fished in the Senegal waters without permission.”

The trawler "Oleg Naydenov"was detained on Saturday 46 miles from the coast of Guinea-Bisau. According to the head of the Center for Public Relations of Rosrybolovstvo, Alexander Savelyev, four military personnel landed on board the ship from the Senegal warship of Ferlo. The captain was offered to proceed aboard the warship, to which he refused.

According to Savelyev, after this, "an attempt was made using rough physical force on the part of the military to deliver the captain to the Senegal warship."

The senior assistant to the captain announced a common alarm. Meanwhile, the captain of the Senegal military was handcuffed and placed in a radio room. The crew of the trawler imitated the breakdown of the main engine to stay in the area of ​​fishing. The ship drifted south at a speed of 0.6 knots.

According to Savelyev, there are up to 80 crew members on board the trawler.