Crew detained in Mombasa
On the 6th February two crewmen (also alleged to be armed guards) and the Captain of the MV Belgica were up before the Mombasa Court charged with illegally possessing weapons without a police permit, namely a Remington sniper rifle, three Russian made Izhmash Saiga-MK assault rifles (an updated AK47 type), two Glock pistols and over 600 rounds of ammunition. The guns were discovered when the German owned, Panama flagged 2,468 TEU box vessel was discharging containers at the local terminal a few days earlier.
The three, Captain Bernd Waschitzek and his two officers, Sven Bauermann and Jozef Michialik have been released on bail by the Kenyan authorities after having stated that the weapons were purely for anti-piracy defence. Vessel owner Hammonia Reederei has made no comment on the company website but unconfirmed reports state the vessel is still moored at Mombasa and the two crewmen are ‘security officers’.
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