Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Navy patrol arrests illegal coal carrying tugboat

Antara News, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 03:08 WIB


Surabaya (ANTARA News) - An Indonesian navy patrol boat arrested a coal-carrying vessel in the Sulawesi strait after all the ten crew members of the tugboat were unable to produce legal papers.


Spokesman for the Eastern Fleet Command Lt Col Toni Saiful said here Monday the tugboat is now in the custody of the Tarakan naval base in East Kalimantan.


The tugboat had 8,000 tons of coal in its holds when stopped by the navy patrol boat when sailing from Nunukan to Tarakan.


For further investigation, the tugboat is currently held at the Tarakan naval base.


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