Body of Somali pirate washes ashore with $153K

[unhappycamper]

Body of Somali pirate washes ashore with $153K
By Mohamed Olad Hassan - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Jan 11, 2009 12:29:26 EST

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash, a resident said Sunday, as the spokesman for another group of pirates promised to soon free a Ukrainian arms ship.

Five pirates drowned Friday when their small boat capsized after they received a reported $3 million ransom for releasing a Saudi oil tanker. Local resident Omar Abdi Hassan said one of the bodies had been found on a beach near the coastal town of Haradhere and relatives were searching for the other four.

“One of them was discovered and they are still looking for the other ones. He had $153,000 in a plastic bag in his pocket,” he said Sunday.

The U.S. Navy released photos of a parachute dropping a package onto the deck of the Sirius Star, and said the package was likely to be the ransom delivery.

But five of the dozens of pirates who had hijacked the tanker drowned when their small boat capsized as they returned to shore in rough weather. Three other pirates survived but also lost their share of the ransom.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_dead_pirate_somalia_011109/%2e

[rfranklin]

1. 1530 hundred dollar bills in your pocket?

Doesn't sound possible. I have carried a wad of thirty hundred dollar bills and could barely get it into my pocket. Maybe they have deeper pockets in Somalia?

[CoffeeCat]

2. Sounds like the plot of a...

...feature film directed by...Jerry Bruckheimer.