The alleged pirates were earlier captured off the coast of Somalia while involved in piracy activities.

Ahmed Suleyman Farah, a local fisherman told Sunatimes the pirates were brought in at around 10:30 pm local time.

Sources say the pirates were captured three days ago during a rescue mission to release a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel off the coast of Somalia.

Sunatimes could not independently confirm whether these men were pirates as alleged and the ownership of the said naval ship.

The rescued Iranian sailors are reportedly set to be taken to Yemen.

Piracy has flourished along the Somali coast since the fall of the country’s central government more than two decades ago.