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Icelandic Coast Guard Arrests Bandero Captain After Defying Orders

8/1/2026

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Icelandic Coast Guard and police special forces boarded the protest vessel Bandero and arrested its captain on July 31 after the ship ignored orders to leave Icelandic waters and stop its engines.
Icelandic police will investigate, seek to deport the Bandero crew and ban them from returning.
The Captain Paul Watson Foundation said the vessel is held in Reykjavik with two Japanese warships nearby.

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Icelandic Coast Guard and police special forces boarded the protest vessel Bandero and arrested its captain on July 31 after the ship ignored orders to leave Icelandic waters and stop its engines.
Icelandic police will investigate, seek to deport the Bandero crew and ban them from returning.
The Captain Paul Watson Foundation said the vessel is held in Reykjavik with two Japanese warships nearby.