The Dutch and Spanish navies captured nine suspected pirates in a joint operation off the coast of Somalia on Tuesday (February 19th), AFP reported.
The Dutch frigate De Ruyter, stationed in the Gulf of Aden, dispatched a helicopter in response to a distress call from a Panamanian-flagged vessel. The helicopter stopped a high-speed boat and detained some of the people on board.
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