The trawlers were inspected at sea and subsequently, booked under the Maritime Zones of India Act, 1981. Both vessels were escorted to Paradip for further investigation.
The Indian Coast Guard got input about suspicious boats in the waters following which, the coastal security force launched a coordinated sea-air operation and detained four foreign nationals. They were handed over to Tamil Nadu Police afterthe ICG operation concluded.
The rescued crew members of the merchant vessel were declared to be in good health after they were checked by a medical team onboard ICG ship Sarthak.
According to police, the accused came in contact with a Pakistani agent named Sahima through Facebook some seven months ago. He was aware of the fact that Sahima worked in the Pakistan Navy and settled a deal of Rs 200 per day.
The Indian Coast Guard initiated a coordinated sea and air operation after the pilot of ICG Dornier aircraft noticed a suspicious movement of a fishing trawler near Barren Island, some 150 km from Port Blair. The ICG also arrested six Myanmarese nationals from the trawler.
In an elaborate release, the ICG mentioned that they successfully rescued seven Indian fishermen after they were apprehended by a Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) ship near the India-Pakistan Maritime Boundary.
He is presently officiating as the Director General after the demise of his predecessor DG Rakesh Pal last month.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has recovered the bodies of two out of three missing crew members following a helicopter crash off the coast of Porbandar. The search for the third crew member is still ongoing.
The Indian Coast Guard said that the incident happened whilst the helicopter was approaching the vessel for the evacuation.
After the Coast Guard received information, it dispatched ICG Sarang and Amogh along with ICG Dornier aircraft to conduct an air-sea search and rescue operations.
Rakesh Pal had taken charge as the 25th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard on July 19 in 2023. Under his apex supervision, the Coast Guard carried out many major operations and exercises that included theseizure of drugs and narcotic substances and gold worth crores of rupees.
Earlier on July 25, the Indian Coast Guard's Mumbai centre received a distress call from JSW Raigad. The vessel reported a loss of control. In turbulent conditions, the vessel ran aground.
The fire on the MV Maersk Frankfurt cargo erupted on the night of July 19. After the distress call was received, the Indian Coast Guards swung into action.
The Indian Coast Guard responded to a medical emergency at sea in highly adverse weather onboard Motor Tanker Zeal, off Mangrol, South Gujarat Coast and evacuated a critical patient from India.
Earlier on Friday, a similar fire incident was reported from about 102 nautical miles southwest of Goa where fire erupted on a container cargo merchant vessel.
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) intercepted the fishing vessel ‘Jay Malhar’ and apprehended its five-man crew for illegal diesel smuggling off the Maharashtra coast. Approximately five tonnes of unaccounted diesel, valued at around Rs 27 lakh, was seized, along with a small quantity of banned narcotics.
The ICG conducted a swift sea-air coordinated operation, detaining an Iranian fishing vessel west of Beypore off the coast of Kerala. The vessel, carrying six Indian crew members, was intercepted and thoroughly investigated for any involvement in anti-national activities.
On Sunday, the Indian Coast Guard declared the confiscation of 86 kilograms of narcotics valued at around Rs. 600 crores from a Pakistani boat near the Gujarat coast. In addition to the seizure, the maritime agency reported the apprehension of 14 Pakistani crew members aboard the vessel.
The operation marked the twelfth such seizure by the maritime agency in the last three years, including recent detention of a Pakistani fishing boat with 86kg of drugs on Sunday.
During the operation, 14 Pakistani crew members were apprehended. The joint operation, conducted in coordination with the Gujarat Anti-terrorism Squad and Narcotics Control Bureau, marks a major victory in the fight against drug trafficking.
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