'Stowaway' quizzed on ship damage

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A 34-year-old man is being questioned by police on suspicion of causing criminal damage to a ship.

The Turkish man was found on board the Caprojo, which was 11 miles (17.7 km) off the Suffolk Coast.

The ship's master reported the man as a stowaway, but the ship was declared a hazard to shipping when the man was said to have gone "berserk".

Police said the man would be questioned and then handed to immigration officials.

A spokesman for Suffolk Police said: "The man had been found stowing away and had gone berserk.

"Having initially been compliant, he began throwing missiles to crew and threatened to set light to flammable substances being carried on board.

"The ship was declared a hazard to shipping and could not be moved until incident had been safely resolved."

The Caprojo, a 16,000-tonne container ship registered in Liberia, was eventually taken by pilot into the Port of Felixstowe, where the detained man was handed to Suffolk Police who took him to Ipswich Police Station.