UNDOCUMENTED RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP CARRYING WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES DETAINED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN PORT AUTHORITIES

On 24 August, IBT Times reported that South African authorities in the Port of Ngqura reported that a vessel named Lada (a 4,500 dwt freighter which belongs to St. Petersburg-based operator Transflot, which was on its way from Tulear, Madagascar, to Lagos, Nigeria, and the US, had a stop at the Ngqura port. It had already unloaded 14 containers at the port, for which it produced all the proper documentations.  The 14 containers were shipped from a company called Solar India. A tip said the vessel contained 20 additional containers comprising suspicious cargo. They searched the ship and discovered the stowed away contraband ammunition and explosives.

https://www.ibtimes.com/russian-weapons-mass-destruction-found-ship-detained-south-africa-2711141

Author: raytodd2017

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