Coast Guard apprehends Pakistani fishing boat with 10 crew members off Gujarat coast

Around 2,000 kg fish and 600 litres of diesel were seized from the boat and added that the boat was registered at Keti Bandar in Pakistan.

NewsBharati    10-Jan-2022 11:27:50 AM
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Ahmedabad, Jan 10: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) apprehended a Pakistani fishing boat with 10 crew members in Indian waters in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast. Around 2,000 kg fish and 600 litres of diesel were seized from the boat and added that the boat was registered at Keti Bandar in Pakistan.
 
Coast Guard apprehends Pakistani fishing boat with 10 crew member off Gujarat coast
 
The boat, named ‘Yaseen,’ was intercepted by the ICG vessel ‘Ankit’ during the operational patrol on Saturday night. When the crew members of the boat failed to justify their presence in Indian waters, the ICG ship apprehended it, the ICG said in a release.
 
 
The boat tried to flee towards the Pakistani waters, but due to the quick response by the ICG ship, it was made to stop and apprehended, said the ICG. Around 2,000 kg fish and 600 litres of diesel were seized from the boat, the ICG said, adding that the boat was registered at Keti Bandar in Pakistan.
 
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There are times that Pakistani fishing boats cross the notional international maritime boundary and enter Indian waters during fishing expeditions. There has also been a rise in cases of such boats being used to smuggle contraband drugs through the Gujarat coast. The Indian Coast Guard had on September 15 last year apprehended a Pakistani boat with 12 crew members in the Indian waters off the Gujarat coast.
 
On December 20, a Pakistani fishing boat with six crew members on board and carrying 77 kg of heroin worth around Rs 400 crore was apprehended in the Indian waters off the Gujarat coast by the ICG in a joint operation with the state Anti-Terrorist Squad.