The police force from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, a base for many pirate gangs, said it was on high alert and prepared to participate in an operation against the pirates holding the ...

the Puntland region's police force said, two days after Indian commandos rescued another cargo vessel held by pirates. The MV Abdullah was hijacked off the coast of Somalia last week, the latest of ...

The UAE has conducted airstrikes too, likely from the large UAE-funded Puntland Maritime Police Force headquarters base in the major port city of Bosaso. The Puntland government has claimed that ...

the police commissioner for Puntland's Bari region, which includes Bossaso. While it's unclear exactly who carried out the two recent incidents, police have set up new checkpoints and conduct ...