HTMS Thai Muang spotlights a Vietnamese fishing boat illegally operating in the Gulf of Thailand off Nakhon Si Thammarat province on Tuesday night. (Photo supplied)
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A navy ship intercepted and seized a Vietnamese trawler seen dredging the ocean bed for sea cucumbers and arrested the five crewmembers for illegally fishing in Thai waters.
The Second Fleet said three Vietnamese vessels were spotted trawling for sea cucumber in the Gulf of Thailand about 30 nautical miles from Koh Kra off the coast of Nakhon Si Thammarat about 1.30pm on Tuesday.
The fast attack craft HTMS Thai Muang was deployed to stop the illegal fishing. When it found them on Tuesday night they fled. The ship fired warning shots and ordered them to stop. They ignored the warning.
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