Russia has arrested eight people in connection with the hijacking of the Maltese-registered cargo ship Arctic Sea.

The Russian Defence Ministry said the ship hijackers included Russian, Estonian and Latvian nationals.

The ship went missing at the end of last month and was found off Cape Verde islands yesterday morning.

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