board following intelligence inputs that it may be carrying arms, ammunition and contraband. Sophisticated and automatic weapons were recovered from the ship.
Defence spokes person Manohar Nambiar said that the intelligience inputs suggest that ship might have been hijacked. He said that all the facts would be revealed only after a proper investigation. Mr Nambiar said that the ship is now being taken to Porbandar where further investigations would be done. The ship, which was intercepted yesterday by Navy, had five Yemenis, two Tanzanians, one Kenyan and one Somalian on board.