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Explosives found in a rescued foreign vessel off Goa coast Panaji, July 29 (UNI) Customs authorities have detected about 300 tonnes of armaments besides huge quantity of explosives and a variety of military hardware in a Jakarta-bound foreign vessel that was saved from sinking off Mormugao Port in Goa two days back. The vessel MV Eugenia from Yugoslavia was rescued in a joint operation by the Port Trust, Navy and Coast Guard after receiving an SOS from the ship which had reportedly developed a technical snag when a transformer tilted in the rough seas. Customs inspection of the ship revealed that the consignments were bound for Indonesia and Bangladesh while the carriers were holding all supportive valid documents. Deputy inspector general of police Ujjwal Mishra told UNI that the state police has been informed about the presence of a foreign vessel with arms and ammunition and was likely to sail off to Jakarta anytime now. The ship had left Mumbai port with some transformers consignment from L&T in Mumbai and sailed through the rough sea when it developed the snag off Mormugao Port, authorities said. Meanwhile, Indian Navy, in collaboration with the Coast Guard, intensified their surveillance on the high seas to locate a mysterious ship carrying arms following some intelligence reports. The Naval authorities said the surveillance yielded nothing substantial so far but the vigil is continued as a precautionary measure.
