Haiti’s National Police agency says that it has recovered a hijacked cargo ship loaded with rice, following a five hour gunbattle with gangs.

The shootout occurred over the weekend off the coast of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

It is a rare victory for an underfunded police department that has struggled to quell gang violence following a spate of attacks that began February 29th.

According to the Associated Press, a police statement named two gangs as being responsible for the hijacking: the 5 Seconds and the Taliban gang.

They said the gunmen seized the transport ship Magalie on Thursday as it departed the port of Varreux.

They allegedly kidnapped everyone aboard the ship and stole some 10,000 sacks of rice out of the 60,000 sacks it was carrying.