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Photo Story – Captain of the MV X-Press Pearl ship arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department in Sri lanka

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epaselect epa09270425 Sri Lankan Prison guards escort arrested Captain of the burnt ship MV X-Press Pearl, Tyutkalo Vitaly (C) to be produced before the Colombo High Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 14 June 2021. The Captain and Deputy Chief Engineer of MV X-Press Pearl were questioned by the Sri Lankan police after they were evacuated from the burning container cargo ship which caught fire on 20 May and instructed not to leave the country. After the Criminal Investigation Department took over the investigations they were further questioned and the Captain was arrested 14 June and produced before the Colombo High Court. The Singaporean flagged container cargo vessel MV X-Press Pearl caught fire around 9.5 nautical miles from the Colombo harbour on 20 May. Continued efforts to extinguish the major fire failed. After burning for 12 days the smouldering ship sank on 02 June when being towed towards deeper waters and its stern struck the sea bed. A huge amount of plastic granules and debris washed ashore on beaches from Colombo to Negombo and authorities feared another wave of massive pollution should the 278 tonnes of bunker oil and 50 tonnes of gas in the Singapore-registered ship's fuel tanks leak into the Indian Ocean. EPA-EFE/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE

Sri Lankan Prison guards escort arrested Captain of the burnt ship MV X-Press Pearl, Tyutkalo Vitaly (C) who is to be arraigned before the Colombo High Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 14 June 2021. The Captain and Deputy Chief Engineer of MV X-Press Pearl were questioned by the Sri Lankan police after they were evacuated from the burning container cargo ship which caught fire on 20 May and instructed not to leave the country. After the Criminal Investigation Department took over the investigations they were further questioned and the Captain was arrested 14 June and brought before the Colombo High Court.

VIA EPA-EFE/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE

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