KARACHI, Sept 20: Maritime Security Agency (MSA) ship MSS Rehmat apprehended seven Indian fishing boats and 44 crew members for fishing illegally in Pakistan waters. This was announced in a statement of the Maritime Security Agency here on Monday.

It said the ship was on routine patrol in the eastern maritime region when it found these boats illegally fishing about 50 km inside Pakistan's exclusive economic zone.

The Indian fishers had been warned time and again not to indulge in illegal fishing but they repeatedly come in our EEZ to explore/benefit swatch near the Indus Delta. The apprehended fishermen will be handed over to police for further legal action, the statement added. -APP