Yemeni coastguards have arrested eight Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, Yemeni Defense Ministry published on Friday on its own website.
The Ministry of defense of Yemen said that the Somali pirates were on board a vessel loaded with two rocket-propelled grenades, some light weapons and a ladder for hijacking ships.
The security sources told the vessel and the weapons have been taking away and investigation with held Somali pirates was still continuing.
Last Monday, Seven suspected Somali pirates who attacked a French fishing boat last month were handed to Kenyan government for trial.
Foreign warships from western counties are patrolling the area to try and prevent pirates, but the Somali pirates are now hijacking for ships far into the Indian Ocean.
Somalia, war-torn and lawless country in Horn of Africa, has not had an effective government since warlords overthrew Dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
