DHAKA, 09 August 2021, (TON): They were detained from 15.4 nautical miles southwest of Mongla Fairway Buoy.
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard have detained 13 Indian fishermen along with a fishing trawler on charge of illegally intruding into Bangladesh territory in the Bay of Bengal.
CGS Sonar Bangla, inshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Coast Guard, spotted a foreign trawler, named Shornotara, illegally fishing in Bangladeshi waters.
Sensing their presence, the intruders tried to flee but the coast guards detained the fishermen along with the boat from 15.4 nautical miles southwest of Mongla Fairway Buoy.
The process to hand over the seized trawler and the detainees to Mongla police station for legal action was underway, said Bangladesh Coast Guard Media Officer Lt Commander Amirul Haque.
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