Ecuadorian police have arrested 39 people on suspicion of looting from a grounded general cargoship.

The group from the island of Puna were attempting to steal from the 170 containers on the 3,800-dwt Isla Bartolome (built 2013), which partially capsized en route to the Galapagos islands last month, local media reported.

Four children were among those detained for the alleged offences involving six small boats.

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