Nigerian Navy Arrests 15 Russian Sailors over Arms Smuggling

The Nigerian authorities seized a ship and arrested 15 of its Russian crew members on suspicion of arms smuggling, they found several guns and about 8,500 rounds of ammunition on the boat, the Navy said.

The vessel which belonged to the Moran group of Moscow flying a Dutch flag, was intercepted over the weekend in Lagos and was carrying 8,598 ammunitions and different rifles, 22 Benelli MR1 rifles and several other automatic weapons were found.