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Ferry arrested after fake passports were found on board
The "Kartepe" was arrested by the Harbour Master and Custom office at Kos Island on Dec 21, 2018, due to undeclared, fake passports which were found in the captain's case at the safe deposit station. The captain and one crew were arrested, and the vessel's departure permission was cancelled by the Harbour Master until a new crew appointment by the owners, as regards minimum safe manning certificate. The vessel remained stationary and still under arrest at Kos inner port on Dec 22.
Reports of recapture with photos and video
http://www.nationalturk.com/en/hijacked-turkish-ferry-liberated-by-special-forces-operation-14877 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmgEIA0b3MA&feature=player_embedded
Kurdish rebel shot dead in Turkey after ferry hijack, passengers and crew unhurt
Turkish security forces shot dead a suspected Kurdish rebel early Saturday to end a 12-hour hostage drama on a small passenger ferry, and later reported that he was wearing fake explosives. They killed the man in a pre-dawn lightning raid on the Kartepe ferry, which was anchored off the port town of Silivri, west of Istanbul, after running out of fuel. The 24 passengers and crew were unhurt. Large Report at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-12/turkish-security-forces-kill-ferry-hijacker-in-raid-istanbul-s-mutlu-says.html
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