UK sailors held briefly by Iran return to Britain

  • 12/15/2022
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LONDON, December 04, SPA -- A group of yachtsmen held briefly by Iran after their boat crossed into Iranian waters returned to Britain on Friday. Oliver Smith, Oliver Young, Sam Usher and Luke Porter arrived at London"s Heathrow Airport after a six-hour flight from Dubai. A fifth man, David Bloomer, a Bahrain-based radio journalist, did not join the men on their return flight, The Associated Press reported. The men"s boat, had been heading to join the 360-mile (580-kilometer) Dubai-Muscat Offshore Sailing Race when it drifted into Iranian waters and was seized by the elite Revolutionary Guard"s navy on November 25. --SPA 13:34 LOCAL TIME 10:34 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/724768

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