Kenya arrests 109 Tanzanians for illegal fishing

Police officers use a skiff to board a Tanzanian fishermen's boat that drifted to Kenya's south coast in 2011. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The Kenya Navy on Saturday arrested 109 Tanzanians for illegal fishing within the country's territorial waters in the Indian Ocean.

The fishermen, who were seized in Shimoni, a port village in southeastern Kenya near the border with Tanzania, were presented before a court in Kwale County on Monday.