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2007, 11:55 GMT 12:55 UK S Leone catches Guinea 'pirates' Eight
Guineans have been arrested by Sierra Leone for an act of piracy
against locally-licensed Chinese fishermen inside Sierra Leonean
waters.  The Guinean authorities say the men, including several
officials, were on a legitimate fisheries protection patrol.
Sierra Leone naval officers say they interrupted an armed hold-
up involving two speedboats crewed by armed men 18 nautical
miles off Freetown.  They seized one speedboat and said the
other escaped towards Guinea.  Daniel Mansaray, commander of the
Sierra Leone Armed Forces Maritime Wing, told Reuters news
agency that the arrested men were all "Guinean pirates", armed
with AK-47 automatic rifles.  He said they included two
fisheries inspectors, a naval lieutenant and an army lieutenant
from the Guinean armed forces and that they were caught in
possession of bags of fish tak