[Shabelle] Authorities in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
say they have tossed in the slammer
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
at least three pirates during an operations in Eyl located in the coastal region of Nugal.
An official said Puntland government forces are continuing robust anti-piracy security operations in coastal areas, where suspected criminal pirate gangs hold save heavens and holding more ships and crew members as hostages for months and years.
"Puntland forces have taken the tossed in the slammer
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
three pirates, with their weapons and other materials captured in the crackdown into custody for inquiry regarding the case," the official said.