All 35 Somalian pirates apprehended by the Indian Navy`s Marine Commandos during the operation to rescue the hijacked vessel MV Ruen at sea are scheduled to arrive in Mumbai on Saturday. Following the successful sea operation, the Marine Commandos are transporting the pirates via sea route to Mumbai, where the city police have arranged tight security measures to assume custody from the Indian Navy at Yellow Gate.

The Marine Commandos managed to release the Malta-flagged commercial ship MV Ruen on Saturday, which had been hijacked 450 nautical miles east of Socotra in the northern Arabian Sea by Somali pirates on December 14.