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EUCAP Nestor donation to boost crime detection |15 December 2015

 The EUCAP Nestor has donated several pieces of equipment aimed at boosting the capacity of the Seychelles Maritime Police Unit in detecting crime.

The donation came ahead of the EUCAP Nestor’s closing of its country office here after three years of engagement (see lead story).

It was the Commissioner of Police Ernest Quatre who accepted the donation from EUCAP Nestor head of country Bo Holtse, in the presence of high officers of the Seychelles Police Force, international dignitaries and EUCAP Nestor’s staff.

The equipment include boat GPS & radar, defibrillators, boat central unit, as well as many navigation type of equipment that will benefit the Seychelles Maritime Police Unit.

“EUCAP Nestor has been a true friend to our force and nation. For example, your pivotal role in the setting up and empowerment of the Seychelles Maritime Police Unit, especially in the training aspect, have been of tremendous benefit to our coastal security,” he said.

Commissioner Quatre also took time to thank EUCAP Nestor for such generosity they have brought to the Seychelles Police Force.

“I would like to thank you for this donation as well as for all your past contribution. I am sure that the close bonds which exist between our two organisations will continue to grow from strength to strength in the future,” he added.

Mr Holtse said the EUCAP Nestor is very satisfied with the collaboration it has had over the past years with Seychelles.

“We are pleased to have been supportive of Seychelles in the past two years, and today we honour the Seychelles Maritime Police Unit so that it can be better equipped to do its job,” Mr Holtse added.

The Seychelles Maritime Police Unit will also have two patrol boats which will be donated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The two boats are already on a cargo boat bound for Seychelles. It is expected by the end of December or the first week of January 2016.

 

 

 

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