The French navy operating off Somalia turned over 24 suspected Somali pirates on Saturday to the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, where they will stand trial, police officials said. The suspects were arrested, and their equipment seized, in recent days during operations aimed at thwarting attempts to hijack ships off the Horn of Africa, Puntland police colonel Yusuf Abdurahman told selfnews by telephone. 'The French forces also brought a video showing the operation when the suspects were arrested,' he said from Bossaso city. 'We already see that the guys had some sort of pirate behaviour, except two of them.' Mohamed Said Jaqanaf, Puntland's deputy police chief, said the suspects -- who are currently in custody -- would be 'tried here locally after hearing the charges against them'. 