Sri Lanka Seizes Tamil Tiger Rebel Ship

Monday, December 21, 2009 at 3:51 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s military said Monday it had seized a cargo ship suspected of being an arms smuggling vessel used by the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels at an undisclosed foreign port.

Navy spokesman Captain Athula Senarath said the 90-metre (300-feet) long Princess Christina had been captured at a foreign port but refused to reveal the location or identify the country.

“We can’t say from where we seized the ship, but we deployed our own crew and brought it to Sri Lankan territorial waters,” he said.