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Cargo plane carrying khat hijacked
    #7487136 - 10/05/07 01:21 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Hijackers seize cargo plane in northern Somalia
October 4, 2007 - Reuters

BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Gunmen in Somalia's northeastern Puntland province hijacked a cargo plane carrying khat, a narcotic leaf, on Thursday after a business deal turned sour, a local official said.

The attackers seized the plane, which had come from Ethiopia, in Puntland's port of Bosasso. They then flew 150 km (90 miles) west to another coastal town, Las Qorey, the chairman of the area, Muse Gelle Farole, told Reuters.
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"There was a conflict between the businesspeople that brought the khat to Bosasso, so one group of them hijacked the plane and made it land at Las Qorey," he said.

Farole said two armed men were holding three crew members.

"We sent troops and elders to try to resolve the crisis either peacefully or forcefully," he said.

Commonly chewed across the Horn of Africa region, khat is especially popular in Somalia where planes arrive daily from neighbouring countries with the lucrative commodity.

Known for its relative stability in a country mired in chaos since the 1991 ousting of a dictator, semi-autonomous Puntland has nevertheless suffered a spate of pirate attacks off its coast in recent months.


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Re: Cargo plane carrying khat hijacked [Re: veggie]
    #7488514 - 10/05/07 01:41 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Fucking hardcore.


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