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The Guardia Civil has ordered the Ocean Alert, one of Odyssey Marine Exploration vessels, to head to Algeciras after it boarded the vessel at around 10 am this morning.
The arrest has taken everyone by surprise after an agreement had been reached for the vessel to be boarded, but not arrested.
According to information received by gibfocus, Guardia Civil officers are presently on board the vessel and threatened to arrest the skipper unless the vessel was directed towards Algeciras. Crew members and other people on board the vessel are at the moment awaiting to see what happens.
The arrest took place outside Gibraltar waters after the Ocean Alert voluntarily sailed to meet a Spanish naval ship, whilst being followed by Guardia Civil patrols as it left the port of Gibraltar at around 9.11 am this morning.
The boarding of the Ocean Alert, according to Gibraltar Chronicle journalists onboard the vessel, saw Aladar Nesser, formerly the US Attache in Gibraltar who is now in charge of Odyssey's International Business Development, inform Guardia Civil officers when they boarded that they were “being illegally boarded in international waters under threat of force."