An Indian court on Monday sentenced crew members of a private American ship, including 25 foreigners, to five years in prison for illegal possession of arms in Indian waters in a verdict that could spark diplomatic tension.
The crew, which included foreign nationals from Ukraine, Estonia and six British former soldiers, was arrested from the ‘Seaman Guard Ohio’ in 2013 after they failed to produce papers authorising them to carry weapons in India’s territorial waters. Ten Indians were also arrested.
The court in India’s southern city of Tuticorn, in Tamil Nadu state, found the crew guilty of violating …read more
Source: Daily News & Analysis
