Royal navy hails pneumatic boat carrying 40 illegal emigrants

Originally published March 31, 2000

The Moroccan Royal Navy units hailed Thursday in the Gibraltar strait a pneumatic boat heading for Spain with 40 illegal emigrants on board. All people arrested were Moroccan nationals including two sailors from Ksar-Seghir on the Mediterranean. Men and boat were handed over to the gendarmerie brigade in Tangier for legal procedures, say gendarmerie sources.

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