Almotamar.net - Security authorities in Socotra Archipelago, Hadramout province in Yemen and in cooperation with naval forces, have on Sunday arrested an Iranian ship which entered the Yemeni regional waters, reaching Hadibu in the Archipelago.

Yemen interior ministry said local fishermen in the southern sector of Noujid area of the district of Hadibu discovered the presence of the Iranian ship and reported about it.

The ministry said he crew of the ship is composed of 16 sailors, all of whom holding Pakistani nationality, except the owner of the ship and its captain of Iranian nationality and that the ship was sent for legal procedures.

Security apparatuses in Socotra Archipelago
Did not rule out involvement of the ship in smuggling drugs to Yemen, pointing out they would at a later time search the ship to now if it is involved in carrying any prohibited material on board.

Security authorities in the area began investigations with the owner and crew of the ship to discover complications of its entering the Yemeni regional waters illegally.