By Simon Tomlinson Six U.S. men who have been imprisoned for weeks in Honduras after being arrested for violating weapons laws were working on a project to help local lobster divers. The crew from Aqua Quest International has been held at a prison in Puerto Lempira in the Central American country since May 5, when Honduran police and Navy personnel raided their newly arrived 65-foot vessel. The officers found a weapon on board, according to a news release from the shipwreck salvage and research company based in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Stephen Mayne, the brother of the company's president, Robert Mayne, who is one of those held, said: 'We initially thought it would be over as fast as it started because they broke no laws.
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Team arrested after Honduran police 'found weapon on board their vessel'
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Have been held in ramshackle jail in central American country since May 5
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Relatives condemn the 'phony charges' and say they are 'totally innocent'
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