DHAKA: Pakistani marine forces have arrested 45 Indian fishermen for violating territorial waters in the Arabian Sea.

Police said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.

Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency (MSA) detained the fishermen on Friday after they strayed into Pakistani waters, and they were handed over to local police in the port city of Karachi, a senior police official told the media.

‘The MSA has handed over 45 arrested Indian fishermen to police who will be presented before a magistrate and later sent to jail,’ senior police official Fida Hussain told the media.

Such arrests are frequently carried out by both countries, as the maritime border in the Arabian Sea is poorly defined and many fishing boats lack the technology needed to be certain of their precise location.

BDST: 1407 HRS, MAR 07, 2015