Ship carrying undeclared weapons arrived at Herakleion port
The Bolivian-flagged freighter "Hadat 1" arrived at Herakleion port, Crete, early on Wednesday after a container with an unknown quanity of undeclared weapons was discovered on board during a Greek coast guard inspection.
The ship had set sail from Turkey bound for Libya. It was stopped and searched by a coast guard special forces team off Ierapetra, as part of a wide-scale operation. It was declared as if it was carrying a cargo of plastics but instead it was carrying a cargo of weapons.
There is a seven-member crew made up of Syrians, Egyptians and Indians.
Coast guard special forces team and customs officers wil conduct afull-scale search of the ship.
