Within 3 days, Kien Giang Border Guards arrested 3 fishing boats carrying illegal DO oil at sea.

Within 3 days (February 3-5), Kien Giang Border Guard force discovered 3 fishing boats carrying a total of about 64,000 liters of DO oil of unknown origin in the southwestern sea of ​​the Fatherland.

Fishing boat carrying about 23,000 liters of DO oil of unknown origin in the southwestern sea of ​​the Fatherland - Photo: TIEN VINH

On the afternoon of February 6, the Kien Giang Border Guard said that at about 7:30 a.m. on February 5, in an area about 9.6 nautical miles east of Tho Chau island commune, the working group of the An Thoi Port Border Guard Station coordinated with ship BP-20-19-01 of Tho Chau Border Guard Station to inspect fishing boat KG-91149-TS.

There were 3 other crew members on board, with Mr. NVN (from Rach Gia City) as captain. Upon inspection, it was discovered that the KG-91149-TS contained about 23,000 liters of a light yellow liquid suspected to be DO oil.

Mr. N. admitted that the DO oil had no legal documents, and he bought it from another strange ship in Vietnam's waters to resell for profit. The working group then made a record, escorted the people, vehicles and all the evidence to Vinh Dam port (Duong To commune, Phu Quoc city) for investigation and handling.

Previously on February 3, about 24 nautical miles southwest of An Thoi Cape, the working group of the Border Guard Station of An Thoi Port inspected the fishing boat KG-96113-TS. The boat was captained by Mr. TMT (from An Bien district). The boat was carrying 20,000 liters of DO oil of unknown origin.

At 4:45 p.m. the same day, the unit continued to discover and inspect fishing boat KG-91060-TS. The boat was captained by Mr. NTC (in Rach Gia City) and contained about 21,000 liters of DO oil of unknown origin.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/trong-3-ngay-bo-doi-bien-phong-kien-giang-bat-3-tau-ca-cho-dau-do-lau-tren-bien-20250206155951127.htm