Vietnam: TG-93798-TS arrested after attempt to flee from Coast Guard; illegal diesel found onboard
03 May 2021
The Task Force of the 4th Marine Police Area Command on Thursday (29 April) said it had arrested a fishing vessel which attempted to flee after being signalled to stop, according to the Vietnam Coast Guard.
The fishing vessel spotted at 16:00 on April 27, about 75 nautical miles at the sea area southeast of Con Dao, was brought to a stop at 20:30 on the same day.
During inspection, the coast guard found the ship transporting about 60,000 litres of diesel oil; with the Captain not being able to produce documents proving the origin of the oil.