Christopher Farrell was a security guard for vessels under threat in high seas. He said in the wake of the attack on the Mercer Street, left, that his maritime security company may invest in anti-drone technologyShortly after New Year’s Eve celebrations in 2010, a British-flagged vehicle carrier, The Asian Glory, was hijacked by pirates 620 miles off the Somali coast. Watching the events unfold from afar was Christopher Farrell, a former Royal Marine sniper and veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo, who was a security guard for vessels under threat on the high seas. SponsoredFollowing six months of tense hostage negotiations, Farrell and five others were drafted in on a small boat to go and pay a ransom to the Somali pirates so they would free the 25 sailors, who were mainly eastern European, and their 45,000-tonne, bullet-ridden ship. They had a stash of weapons, including Heckler & Koch G3 assault rifles and pistols, kept out of sight in case

Source: The Times August 06, 2021 16:07 UTC