Royal Marines board Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in English Channel
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Marines were joined by National Crime Agency officers in the six-hour long operation in the early hours of Sunday.
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Royal Marines board Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in English Channel6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleElla KiplingandTom Symonds,News correspondentWatch: MoD footage shows commandos boarding and searching the tankerRoyal Marine Commandos boarded a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning.Marines joined by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers, with the support of the RAF, intercepted and boarded the vessel in a six-hour operation - the first operation of its kind by UK armed forces.The vessel, Smyrtos, will be held and monitored off the south coast of England as investigations continue, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
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