The Coast Guard arrested 16 Myanmar fishermen and seized two boats from Bay of Bengal in Cox’s Bazar for illegally fishing in Bangladeshi waters on Friday afternoon.
Lieutenant Saad Mohammed Taim, commander of the Coast Guard of St Martin's Station, said the fishermen were arrested around 3:30pm.
They are residents of Myanmar’s Akyab district, he said, adding that the seized boats were handed over to Teknaf Model Police Station.