File photo of the Indonesian government blowing up an illegal fishing boat in Batam, Kepulauan Riau province in 2016 in its campaign against illegal fishing in its waters. - AFP
BATAM, Indonesia (AFP): Indonesia has detained a Vietnamese boat carrying two tonnes of fish that was operating illegally in its waters, officials said Wednesday (July 29), just a week after a similar high-seas pursuit.
The trawler with nine crew tossed fishing nets and other incriminating equipment overboard and then set a tyre alight in the hopes that the smoke would throw off their pursuers, Indonesian maritime authorities said.
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