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“Isle of Wight Radio understands that seven suspects have been detained aboard the Andromeda Ship,” the station reported. “Poole Special Forces Involved.”
The Special Boat Service, a unit of naval special forces that works closely with the Special Air Service (SAS), is based in Poole, in the south of England.
A spokesman for the Defense Ministry declined to comment on the report.
It was not immediately clear where the alleged stowaways were from or what their intentions were.
Thousands of illegal economic migrants and would-be asylum seekers have attempted to cross the English Channel from France to reach British shores this year, often paying human smugglers to help them traverse one of the busiest shipping lanes. the world in overloaded rubber boats.
Police said the crew had been threatened by stowaways and that they were working with the Coast Guard and border forces to resolve the situation.
“It was reported that there were several stowaways on board and they had verbally threatened the crew. No one was reported to have been injured,” a police spokesman said.
