Coast Guard captures two Pak boats,arrests 17

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) apprehended two Pakistani boats with 17 Pakistani nationals off the Gujarat coast on Thursday.

During patrolling on our side of the International Maritime Boundary,one of our fast patrolling craft P-142 apprehended two Pakistani fishing trawlers with 17 Pakistanis on it,12 nautical miles off the Cori creek coast in Gujarat, Coast Guard sources said.

After apprehending the boats,the ICG ship towed it to the Jakhau coast,where all the arrested persons were being interrogated.

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“All the 17 apprehended men are being interrogated by the Joint Interrogation Cell of the agencies present there. We will come to know about their intentions and reasons for venturing into Indian waters,” he said.

The sources did not rule out the possibility of the two boats being used for carrying out anti-India activities.

After the Mumbai terror strikes on November 26 last year,the ICG had put all its assets on high alert searching for vessels. The terrorists had used such trawlers to enter Indian waters.

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