Malaysia arrests 31 Thai fishermen

Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - Malaysian marine police have detained 31 Thai nationals and seized a large fishing trawler after a 30-minute high- sea chase, a news report said Friday.

Maritime agency patrols spotted the vessel early Wednesday in waters off the northern Kelantan state.

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The reports in the papers here in KL say they were flying the Malaysian and Thai flags and that's what made the patrol boat crew suspicious. Silly bu66ers if they were.

guess they wanted to cover all bases ...................

You are probably right, without gps they wouldn't have much of a clue where they were within plus or minus ten miles.

worth noting that the current can be up to 2+kts on the east coast and predominately runs N to S at this time of yr.