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Port Blair, Aug 26: Twelve Myanmarese poachers alongwith their engine dinghy were apprehended by an anti-poaching team comprising the staff of PS Mayabunder and IRBn Personnel of LOP Interview Island, while on patrolling and surveillance near North Reef Island, after a grueling three-and-a-half hour long chase in open sea yesterday. Initially, the police party signaled the poachers to stop but the Burmese nationals wanted to speed away. Realizing that the engine dinghy of the poachers was faster than that of the police boat, the Police party with the help of two small but faster engine dinghies of local fishermen, who were fishing in the area, was successful to encircle the poachers, the SP (N&M District) said in a press release today.
According to this, during the coast of chasing the Burmese poacher started throwing empty jerican, nets, tarpaulin sheets, ropes, clothes ect. in order to escape and to slowdown the moment of police boat. The police party however chased them. In view of their resistance, the police party fired eight rounds in the air to dissuade them from escaping. Finally, at about 1600 hrs on 24th August, 2010, the poachers surrendered to the police party and were detained.
The anti poaching team led by HC/ 1901 R Ramdas of PS Mayabunder showed immense presence of mind while chasing and apprehending the poachers. The team members were HC/PMF Samson, HC/ PMF Saw Yona PC Suresh Toppo of PS Mayabunder and IRBn personnel namely HC/ Deepak Biswas, Ct. Pratap Kumar Singh, Ct. Sree Kumar Majhi, Ct. Pronob Kumar Adhikari, Ct. G Murali and Ct. Malachi. The local fishermen who helped the party were N Korlaiah, N Rama Rao, and Appa Rao all resident of Mayabunder.
The materials recovered from the Burmese boat included 350 Liters HSD Oil, 20 bags of salt (20 Kg each used for preserving the sea cucumber caught from the sea-bed) 2 bags of rice (approx. 100 Kgs.) 2 gas compressors, 2 gas cylinders, 8 fan belt and other miscellaneous items. The dinghy and the materials were also seized. All the 12 Burmese poachers are being sent to PS CCS, Port Blair for further legal action as per law.
Meanwhile, the SP has urged the fishermen to inform about any suspicious movements/ activities in the sea through coastal security help line 1093 or to the nearest police station.
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