http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3760731.stm
Last Updated: Saturday, 29 May, 2004, 20:15 GMT 21:15 UK
Ship captain held over stowaways
Spanish police have detained the captain and two senior officers of a
cargo ship, on suspicion that they cast four Senegalese stowaways
adrift.
The captain and two officers - all South Korean - were arrested when
their Panamanian-registered ship, the Wisteria, docked in a Spanish
port.
Crew members reportedly said officers had forced the stowaways into a
tiny one-man raft and cast them adrift.
Experts say they can only have survived if they were spotted by a
passing ship.
The stowaways last known position was more than 1,000km south of the
Canary Islands.
Under Spanish law, the Wisteria's owners would have had to pay for the
repatriation of the stowaways if it had docked with them on board.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service (c) 2004
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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