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Eilat: Man steals sailboat, drifts to Jordan

Man boards sailboat without permission, drifts to Jordan, where he is interrogated and returned to Israel

A 57-year-old resident of Eilat was arrested on Tuesday for suspicion that he stole a sailboat from a beach in the city and was drifted to Jordan.

 

A military boat identified the sailboat crossing into Jordanian territorial waters and alarmed the police.

 

The army contacted Jordanian officials who arrested the man and interrogated him.

 

The man was handed over to Israeli police. He was remanded for interrogation.

 

It remains unclear if the man tried to escape to Jordan or if he was drifted by strong winds.

 

Sailors who saw the sailboat said it was well-equipped, raising doubt that the man was drifted to Jordan.

 

"It is strange that a man is equipped so well only to sail for a few hours," they said.

 

The man told interrogators that he had boarded the sailboat at 7 pm. He said he was drifted 2 kilometers from the Jordanian border by strong winds.

 

The pale-looking man said the Jordanians treated him well and decided to free him once convinced that he didn't plan infiltrate Jordan.

 


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