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Hijacked Margate boat owner describes moment SBS commandos abseiled onto container ship to seize four migrants threatening crew with metal bars

Hijacked Margate boat owner describes moment SBS commandos abseiled onto container ship to seize four migrants threatening crew with metal bars
Tariq Tahir, Tom Newton Dunn, Political Editor and Nick Parker 22nd December 2018

THE owner of a hijacked cargo ship has spoken how the “very fast and quick” Special Boat Service operation overpowered the stowaways.

Around 25 members from X Squadron of the Special Boat Service — sister regiment to the SAS — abseiled onto the ship yesterday evening.

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