1. Police in speed boats also stopped and searched small vessels in Guanabara Bay. 2. A National Guard anti-drug agent became suspicious of a customs agent rushing the containers through inspection, and decided to search the vessel, officials said. 3. According to Emrich, the Iranian ship continued from Antwerp to Hamburg, where German investigators searched the vessel but found no more explosives. 4. After searching the vessel for five days, a crew from a Coast Guard cutter found the cocaine under the hold. 5. After days of searching the vessel, authorities from the Coast Guard cutter Active eventually found the cocaine in a secret compartment underneath the fishing hold. 6. Although he said personnel from the ships were not stopping or searching vessels, reports from Somalia indicate that vessels have been boarded and searched. 7. Authorities searched the vessel at that time but failed to find the secret room, Kyodo said. 8. Police had hoped to search the vessel there. 9. The Chinese sailors searched the vessel and prevented it from sailing for nine hours. 10. The Pentagon also announced Wednesday that U.S. Navy ships in the Arabian Sea would begin stopping and searching vessels that could be carrying Taliban or al-Qaida leaders. |