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Navy catches Filipino fishing boats in North Maluku
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Two fishing trawlers load fish onto the Silver Sea 2, a refrigerated cargo ship belonging to the Thai-owned Silver Sea Fishery Co., off the coast of Papua New Guinea in July 2015. (AP/DigitalGlobe/-)
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he Indonesian Navy has apprehended two Filipino fishing boats in Morotai Islands, North Maluku, that are suspected of illegally entering the region's territorial waters.
"We deployed the Indonesian warship KRI Sura/802 for the interception mission," Navy spokesman Lt. Col. Indra Rerangin said as quoted by Antara news agency on Tuesday.
The first of the two illegal boats was the FB/LB Twin J-105, weighing 40 tons and registered under the name of Alan Daclan. The vessel had three crew members on board and was not carrying a catch at the time.
The second boat, the Santo Nino, weighed 22 tons and was registered under the name of Jon Oi. It was headed by a helmsman named Muin and was carrying 20 crew members. The vessel was carrying 250 kilograms of Indonesian tuna when it was intercepted.
Personnel on board the KRI Sura/802 spotted the FB/LB Twin J-105 at 7:39 p.m. local time on Friday, at a latitude of 4.46 degrees north and a longitude of 129.11 degrees east.
On the same day, the Navy personnel apprehended the Santo Nino at 8:45 p.m. local time, at a latitude of 4.24 degrees north and a longitude of 129.03 degrees east. (afr/dmr)
