{"id":47385,"date":"2025-11-04T07:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=47385"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:45:30","slug":"ghana-navy-intercepts-10-nigerian-stowaways-onboard-merchant-vessel-grand-venus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2025\/11\/04\/ghana-navy-intercepts-10-nigerian-stowaways-onboard-merchant-vessel-grand-venus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Navy intercepts 10 Nigerian stowaways onboard Merchant Vessel Grand Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Ghana Navy has arrested 10 stowaways, who were on board the Panamanian-flagged merchant vessel, &nbsp;Grand Venus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stowaways were picked up by the Ghana Navy after responding to a distress call on Friday, October 31, &nbsp;2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation took place about eight nautical miles southeast of Tema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200eThe Ghana Navy indicated that preliminary investigations revealed that all ten suspects, who are Nigerians, had secretly boarded the vessel while it was docked at Lagos Port, Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vdo.ai\/contact?utm_medium=video&amp;utm_term=graphic.com.gh&amp;utm_source=vdoai_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphic.com.gh\/images\/2025\/nov\/04\/navy1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u200eDistress call<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200eNaval authorities said the stowaways were discovered during the vessel\u2019s voyage to Ghana, prompting the distress alert to naval units operating off the country\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200eAccording to officials, a navy patrol team was swiftly deployed to intercept the ship and ensure the safety of the crew and vessel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphic.com.gh\/images\/2025\/nov\/04\/navy2.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200eThe Grand Venus was later escorted to the Tema Main Harbour, where the stowaways were handed over to the appropriate authorities, including Port Control, the Ghana Immigration Service, and the Marine Police, for further investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200eOfficials said the incident underscored the Ghana Navy\u2019s vigilance and commitment to maritime security and law enforcement within the country\u2019s territorial waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ads.graphic.com.gh\/www\/delivery\/lg.php?bannerid=196&amp;campaignid=5&amp;zoneid=6&amp;loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphic.com.gh%2Fnews%2Fgeneral-news%2Fghana-navy-intercepts-10-stowaways-onboard-merchant-vessel-grand-venus.html&amp;referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphic.com.gh%2F&amp;cb=b426b4f867\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200eThey further gave assurance that additional details would be made available as investigations continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Navy has arrested 10 stowaways, who were on board the Panamanian-flagged merchant vessel, &nbsp;Grand Venus. The stowaways were picked up by the Ghana Navy after responding to a distress call on Friday, October 31, &nbsp;2025. The operation took place about eight nautical miles southeast of Tema. \u200eThe Ghana Navy indicated that preliminary investigations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":47386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[6975,11858,192,1632,3555,6094,11572,6698,10342,10349,434,5549,10543,421,11082,5655,5250,12412,9195,6178,10786,12413,594],"class_list":["post-47385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-arrest","tag-flagged","tag-ghana","tag-ghana-immigration-service","tag-ghana-navy","tag-immigration","tag-immigration-service","tag-lagos","tag-law","tag-navy","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian","tag-nigerians","tag-police","tag-port","tag-security","tag-ship","tag-stowaways","tag-tema","tag-venus","tag-vessel","tag-vessel-grand-venus","tag-who"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47388,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47385\/revisions\/47388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}