MOSCOW, February 18 (RIA Novosti) - The...
The Navy spokesman said the Yemeni authorities would decide on any legal action taken against the detainees.
"The pirates were transferred from the Pyotr Veliky missile cruiser onto the Admiral Vinogradov destroyer, and then handed over to Yemen's Coast Guard and Interior Ministry," he said.
On February 12, two speedboats and a large parent ship were detained with 10 Somali pirates on board near Yemen's Sokotra Island. A helicopter from the Pyotr Veliky spotted the speedboats moving in the direction of an Iranian flagged fishing boat. Upon spotting the helicopter, the people on board the speedboats began hurling arms overboard.
The helicopter crew continued surveillance until the Pyotr Veliky arrived at the scene.
Weapons, including assault rifles and grenade launchers, as well as drugs and a large amount of cash were discovered on board the vessels.
Dygalo said earlier that "the detainees were in a state of narcotic intoxication."