36 Indian fishermen arrested

09 Apr, 2004

36 more Indian fishermen have been arrested while straying into Pakistani territorial waters in the Arabian Sea and their six boats impounded, police said on Thursday.
"The Indian fishermen were arrested within Pakistani territorial waters," Commander Afzal Khaliq from the Maritime Security Agency (MSA) told AFP.
The Pakistan and India coastguards routinely detain fishermen for straying across their shared maritime borders.

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