Pirate attack on an Indian flagged cargo ship was thwarted by Indian Navy's INS Trishul in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, reports PTI.
According to reports one AK- 47 and one magazine with 27 rounds was recovered.
An operation is on by naval special forces to capture 12 suspected pirates, reports PTI.
The piracy attempt was made on the Indian ship MV Jag Amar at 12:30 pm and the INS Trishul, which was on an anti- piracy deployment in the region, responded immediately, Navy spokesperson Capt D K Sharma said.
He said all 26 Indian crew onboard the Indian ship were safe. The Navy's elite Marcos commandos carried out a swift operation to rescue the 85,000-tonne bulk carrier. Capt Sharma said an AK 47, one magazine with 27 rounds, grapnels, ropes, fuel drums and ladders were recovered during the operation.Jag Amar.
The cargo ship MV Jag Amar was on its way to Jubail, Saudi Arabia. This is the third piracy attempt foiled by Indian Navy in this region in the last six months.
The Indian Navy has been actively engaged in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, a key shipping route near the southern tip of the Red Sea between Somalia and Yemen.
In April, the India and Chinese navies had rescued a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden after it was hijacked by Somali pirates.
(With PTI inputs)
