Skipper Gets Jail Term for Shipment of Guns
An Italian court sentenced an Irish freighter skipper on Wednesday to four years in prison for failing to report a cargo of 14 tons of weapons bound for the Persian Gulf aboard his ship in Savona harbor.
But the court granted skipper John Scallan, 48, of the Arab-owned freighter Fathulkayr provisional liberty pending further investigation. It ordered Scallan’s passport to be confiscated and fined him $770.
Investigators said they believe Iraq was the intended destination of the West German and Belgian-made machine guns.
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