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Vessel sailing under Azerbaijan’s flag detained in Russia

11 August 2010 [16:25] - TODAY.AZ
The Russian frontier guards have detained a vessel sailing under the flag of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea, APA reports quoting ITAR-TASS. Public Affairs Center of the Federal Security Service said there were a lot of sturgeons and black caviar in the vessel.

On August 10, Stavropol guard ship owned by Kaspiysk border guard ships found an unknown ship in the middle of the Caspian Sea. There were three motor boats near the vessel. When the guard ship approached, two motor boats attempted to escape, but they were detained.

The eight crew members of the Khazar fishing vessel are Azerbaijanis. There were 80 sturgeons and 8kg sturgeon caviar in the vessel.


/APA/
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