Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd founder and anti-whaling activist arrested in Greenland
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The co-founder of Greenpeace will be taken to court where a decision will be made about his extradition to Japan, police say
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    In a statement, Greenland police said Watson, who founded Sea Shepherd and was a co-founder of Greenpeace, had been arrested after arriving in Nuuk on the ship John Paul DeJoria.

    His organisation, the Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF), said in a statement the arrest took place during a stop-off on a mission to intercept Japan’s newly built factory whaling ship Kangei Maru in the North Pacific.

    CPWF said it believed his arrest was related to a so-called red notice issued over “Watson’s previous anti-whaling interventions in the Antarctic region”.

    The 9,300-tonne whaler, Kangei Maru, which set off from Japan in May, butchers and processes whales caught by smaller vessels.

    It is equipped with a slipway that can haul 70-ton fin whales, can store up to 600 tons of meat at a time, enabling it to remain at sea for long periods.

    “We left the IWC [International Whaling Commission] and so at this point in time it is not under consideration,” said spokesperson Konomu Kubo.

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