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Indian court acquits 35 from anti-piracy ship of weapons charges

Published November 27, 2017 Updated November 27, 2017 04:36pm

The six Britons, three Ukrainians, 14 Estonians and 12 Indians were given five-year jail terms by a lower court in southern India's Tamil Nadu state in January 2016.

The Indian coast guard intercepted the MV Seaman Guard Ohio off the coast of Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu in October 2013. The crew was charged with failing to have the proper paperwork to carry weapons in Indian waters.

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