Puntland Coast Guard Catches 12 Fishing Vessels illegally: P

[Sultan-Kenadiid-of-Hobyo]

Puntland Coast Guard Catches 12 Fishing Vessels illegally Fishing in the Waters of Puntland

The Puntland Coast Guard caught 12 fishing Vessels illegally fishing in the waters of Puntland. These vessels were then escorted back to the Bossaso port for further questions and legal action.

Puntland Coast Guard Commander Full Colonel Abdi Hersi Du’ale stated that the Coast Guard was on a 48 hour mission with the task of stopping illegal fishing, human smuggling, and pirates, when the Coast Guard discovered these vessels. The vessels consisted of 9 fishing boats and two ships registered under the Republic of Yemen and Egypt. The vessels were caught between Ras-asyr and Aluula. All the crew members aboard these vessels were brought back to Bossaso for further questioning by the Puntland authorities. Col. Abdi Hersi also stated that a full investigation and legal action will be conducted on this incident in the next few days.

The Minister of Fisheries, Ports, Marine Transport & Marine Resources, the Honorable. Saed Mohamed Rage stated the operation was a joint initiative of the Puntland Coast Guard, Ministry of Fisheries and the Al-Hababi Company. The Minister also stated, “ I am very happy with the success of this mission and this will also send a strong message to those that want to illegally fish in our waters that they will be facing the full force of the Puntland Justice system”.,
This was the first mission of the Puntland Coast Guard; the Coast Guard includes the recent addition of 250 members who had completed their training in Gardo, Puntland. The Puntland Coast Guard is a partnership between the Puntland Government and the Al-Hababi Company, with the main mission of securing the waters of Puntland against any form of illegal criminal activity.


These Vessels and their crews are now in the custody of Puntland authorities in Bossaso. Different State agencies are now dealing with this issue; this includes an investigation into what these vessels are carrying, what equipment they are using for their illegal activities and what kind of damage they may have caused to the coastal environment of Puntland.


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[highclass]

Bloody Arabs....

Good that we can control our waters now........

[Ina Baxar]

Easy with the arabs highclass , Al Habibi {Co} is the one who bought the speed boat for Puntland
Let's see them arresting Majeertens immigrants smugglers.

[neocon_2007]

Not suprised Billions are racked up by foreigners at the expense of the civil war, with no coast guardmontioring the waters theres not much that could be done. When fishermens who just happen to be equiped with a GPS cell and a greneade launcher catches a ship in our waters there called pirates.

[highclass]

[quote="Ina Baxar"]Easy with the arabs highclass , Al Habibi {Co} is the one who bought the speed boat for Puntland
Let's see them arresting Majeertens immigrants smugglers.[/quote]

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I'am talking about the owners of the 2 ships....I;am suprised u didnt realise what I was talking about....

[Sultan-Kenadiid-of-Hobyo]

The fines should be severe.

[LiQaaye_TDH]

Is it new ones? or the ones who got 1 million dollar fined

[neocon_2007]

[quote="LiQaaye_TDH"]Is it new ones? or the ones who got 1 million dollar fined [/quote]

Liqaay all these fines go straight into Addes pocket, if they "fine" these guys 250 grande each Addes sitting on 3 mill easy.

[LiQaaye_TDH]

Cadde muse is chilling, he just took 5 milj with him to Dubai to do some big business with the Big boys

[*jr]

Hhmmmm! could this article be relevant to this story?

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The State Department has hired a major military contractor to help equip and provide logistical support to international peacekeepers in Somalia, giving the United States a significant role in the critical mission without assigning combat forces.

DynCorp International, which also has U.S. contracts in Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq, will be paid $10 million to help the first peacekeeping mission in Somalia in more than 10 years.

In 2005 the Somali government signed a $50 million contract with New York-based TopCat Marine Security to help create a coast guard to protect its coast and shipping from pirates. The State Department blocked TopCat from deploying because of a U.N. arms embargo, Hassan Abshir Farah, Somalia's marine resources minister said.
link: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007 ... alia_N.htm