21 Apr 2011

Skipper accuses police of endangering yacht

From Checkpoint, 5:38 pm on 21 April 2011

A yacht's skipper is accusing the police of causing a dangerous confrontation at the Petrobras protest off East Cape. Police on board the navy vessel Taupo overnight launched an inflatable boat to warn off two yachts they say were on a collision course with Petrobras' oil and gas survey ship.