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G.S.U officers guard the MV Hoegh Transporter that is docked at the port
of Mombasa on September 23, 2015. PHOTO | LABAN WALLOGA |
NATION MEDIA GROUP
By ZADOCK ANGIRA
In Summary
- Kenyan police say 34 American-made firearms and a white powder were found in the vessel, MV Hoegh Transporter.
Assorted firearms found in a ship at the Mombasa port belong to the UN, a transport company has claimed.
“Hoegh Autoliners believes that the weapons found belong to
the UN vehicles in which they were found, and were for use by the UN
during their peacekeeping mission,” the company said in statement sent
to media houses on Thursday.
Kenyan police say 34 American-made firearms and a white powder were found in the vessel, MV Hoegh Transporter. The white substance has been sent to the government chemist for analysis.
In the statement, Hoegh Autoliners stated that the
weapons were not declared to the company at the time the cargo was
loaded, and was “a violation to the company’s own terms of
transportation which prohibits transportation of arms or ammunition”.
The company said it would cooperate with the Kenyan authorities in investigations but is concerned that the ship may be sunk.
“Kenya has sunk two other vessels in the past over carrying illegal items such as drugs and weapons .The Hoegh Transporter is however a very large vessel and sinking it could have diplomatic ramifications,” the company added.
This story was first published on Nation
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