Germany has let suspected pirates go after catching them with pirate paraphernalia off the Seychelles.
The warship FGS Bremen spotted a suspected mother skiff and two smaller craft in the Somali Basin on Tuesday, EU NAVFOR wrote in a statement.
A helicopter was dispatched and warnings shots were fired at the suspect craft causing them to stop.
“The crew from the helicopter observed that the suspected pirates threw a number of items over board,” the statement read.
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