A robbery has been reported aboard an anchored Bulk Carrier at Callao Anchorage, Peru. Ten robbers armed with knives boarded the vessel and restrained a duty crew member. The alarm was raised, resulting in the perpetrators escaping with the crew member's personal belongings and several items of ship's stores. The duty crew member was unharmed, and released by ship's personnel. The incident was reported to the Port Authorities and Coast Guard boarded the vessel for investigation.
This is the fourth incident of this type to be reported in Callao anchorage this year, with eight similar incidents occurring in the anchorage last year. In most reported cases in this area robbers have been armed with knives, and able to escape with ship's and/or crew property.
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