Nine Lankan fishermen arrested for illegally entering EEZ

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Jan 31 2014 | 4:07 PM IST
Nine Lankan fishermen have been arrested by the Indian Coast Guard for illegally fishing in Indian waters.
In a sea-air co-ordinated operation, Coast Guard arrested the fishermen, who were fishing in two boats some 38 nautical miles off Chennai coast on January 29, an official release said.
Coast Guard's surveillance aircraft Dornier located the fishermen and ICGS Rajkamal personnel arrested them and seized the boats.They have been handed over to Tamil Nadu Police.
The Coast Guard has arrested 308 Lankan fishermen and 59 boats for illegally entering and fishing in India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the last one year alone.
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First Published: Jan 31 2014 | 4:07 PM IST

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