Somali boat seized, 17 Somali,Yamanees held off Gujarat coast

A foreign boat was seized today off Gujarat coast inside the Indian territory of Arabian sea.

Total 17 foreign persons aboard, believed to be from Somalia on this boat were arrested by Police and taken to local hospital after their medical check-up.

Police believe three were Yemenis and 14 were Somalians aboard.

The boat was found at Junagadh district’s Una taluka’s Nandel coast.

The boat had run out of fuel and drifted in high tide towards the Saurashtra coast.

The fishermen had not eaten anything for several days.