Foreign fishing boat found near Nandel

on Monday, June 20, 2011
Foreign fishing boat found near Nandel

AHMEDABAD: A foreign fishing boat, believed to be of Somalia, with 17 people on board, was detected near Nandel, a small port near Una in Junagadh district in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, on Sunday.

The police said the fishermen had been arrested, but they could not be questioned and their condition was precarious. They were admitted to a Una hospital. Police believe three were Yemenis and 14 were Somalians aboard.

The boat had run out of fuel and drifted in high tide towards the Saurashtra coast.

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