Marine police seize Vietnamese fishing vessels in Songkhla crackdown

Thailand’s southern Songkhla province witnessed a series of Marine Police actions as two Vietnamese fishing vessels were seized and their crew members detained, according to authorities. These events unfolded yesterday in the waters of the southern regions of Pattani and Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Pol. Lt. Col. Nathapong Takaew, the deputy head of the Songkhla-based Marine Police Sub-division 7, reported today about the seizure of the first vessel. Approximately 80 nautical miles east of Songkhla’s navigation floating light, this boat, crewed by five crewmen, was discovered around 2pm trawling for sea cucumbers near Ko Losin island in Pattani.

In a subsequent action soon after the initial seizure, a separate marine police unit apprehended another Vietnamese fishing vessel—the second capture for the day. At a…