Police seize weapons from Italian vessel

KOCHI: A Special Investigation Team on Saturday seized several weapons from the Italian merchant vessel Encrica Lexie during a search to trace the firearms used by two marines, who allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen.

“We have seized many weapons and we will zero in the right weapons after the ballistic examination,” police said, as the search progressed in the presence of a 10-member Italian delegation, including two ballistic experts who were flown in from Rome.

Italian Consul General Giampaolo Cuttillo was also present during the search along with his country's ballistic experts Major Flebus Luca and Major Fratini Paolo. The SIT of Kerala police began the search around noon with forensic and finger print experts also on board the vessel berthed here.