Mahara (Debriefer) - The Yemeni coastguard forces have foiled an attempted trafficking of 730 kilograms of drugs and captured 7 foreign sailors on a ship travelling off the eastern governorate of Mahara, security source said Saturday.
In coordination with security bodies and the Saudi-led coalition forces in Mahara, the coastguard "seized a smuggling ship, with 6 Iranian and one Pakistani sailors onboard," the source added in a statement.
The ship along with 730 kilograms of narcotic stuff inside was captured off Ghaidha city, Mahara provincial capital, the source said, before the boat was taken to the nearby port city of Nashtoon.
Security bodies immediately commenced investigating the 7 captured sailors, according to the statement.
The seizure comes one day after the Yemeni minister for fisheries, Fahd Kafien, said the Yemeni navy captured an Iranian ship in Yemeni waters while illegally fishing off Mahara.
No immediate comment has been released by Iranian or Pakistani authorities.
