Guinea-Bissau Coup Attempt: Navy Chief Arrested -- BBC
Guinea-Bissau's navy chief has been arrested after an attempted coup on Monday, the West African nation's army chief and defence minister have said.
The army said there were more clashes overnight in the hunt for suspects, the AFP news agency reports.
President Malam Bacai Sanha is in France, where he has been receiving medical treatment since early December.
Last year, navy chief Rear Adm Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto was named by the US as a "drug kingpin".
In recent years the tiny West African nation has become a major transit hub for cocaine smuggled from Latin America to Europe and suffered much political unrest as a result.
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