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Wed 10 Oct 2009Ship was tracked from Mediterranean
CIGARETTE HAUL:THE 3,500-tonne MV Anne Scanwhich was carrying the contraband seized in Greenore, Co Louth, had been tracked by the Naval Service from the Mediterranean. The ship had travelled from the Philippines to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
Its movements from southern Europe were monitored via the automatic identification system (AIS), with which all ships of more than 300 gross tonnes are obliged to comply.
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