SPARTA II

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The "Sloman Provider" has been intercepted as she returned to the UK on Mar 2, 2011, after turning back outside Tripoli harbour. She was met by the UK Border agency cutter HMS "Vigilant" as she entered British waters and was escorted to Harwich harbour where £100 million in Libyan currency in several containers was seized. After a number of containers was offloaded the ship was taken under control of UK Border Agency and moved to a secure location. Libya’s currency is printed in the north east of England and pro-Gaddafi supporters attempted to have £900 million in Libyan dinars transferred to the North African country before the British Treasury stepped in and impounded the money, after an export control order came into force. However, when the "Sloman Provider" sailed with the £100 million on board, the currency order was not yet in effect.