Detained US ship will not move until probe is complete says Vasan

The state government had yesterday transferred the probe into the ship case to the Q Branch.

Sources said the Q Branch team perused records available on board the ship and they were being scrutinised.

The ship flying the Sierra Leone flag was intercepted by the Coast Guard in Indian waters some 15 nautical miles off Tuticorin coast on October 12 and an FIR registered against 35 persons onboard under the Arms Act for carrying arms without authorisation and Essential Commodities Act for buying 1,500 litres of diesel illegally with the help of a local shipping agent.