United Arab Emirates to free hijacked ship

The United Arab Emirates has launched a military operation to free a vessel hijacked by pirates in the Arabian Sea.

2 April 2011, 12:00am

According to the official news agency WAM, the vessel Arrilah 1 had been sailing from Australia to the United Arab Emirates’ Jebel Ali port when it was seized by pirates early on Friday.

Pirates have made hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years hijacking and holding ships ransom.