EU’s Operation Irini Seizes Armored Vehicles Destined for Libya

More Than Two dozen armored Vehicles seized on Dutch-flagged cargo ship the Meerdijk under EUNAVFOR’s Operation Irini.

The ship was on is way to Libya when officials from Operation Irini suspected the ship of carrying banned armaments for one of Libya’s warring factions.

This is the second time since 5 months that Operation Irini has intercepted a Libya Bound armament shipment being. Indeed, the MV Victory Roro was found transporting dozens of vehicles modified for military use last July.