Bhuj: The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended 15 Pakistani fishermen and seized an engine-fitted country boat near the Indo-Pak border in Kutch district, officials said on Sunday.

Acting on specific information about a suspicious boat, BSF troops launched a search operation on Saturday in the Kori Creek area near a border outpost under the 68th Battalion. During the operation, 15 fishermen from Sujawal district of Sindh province in Pakistan were caught with their boat.

The vessel contained around 60 kg of fish, nine fishing nets, diesel, food supplies, ice, wooden sticks, a mobile phone, and ₹200 in Pakistani currency, according to the BSF. The detainees were later handed over to local police for further investigation. DeshGujarat