Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) has captured four Sri Lankan fishing boats trespassing in Maldives’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

The first two boats were captured on Thursday at 11:30pm 103 nautical miles off HA. Kelaa and while they were being escorted by the Coast Guard to HDh. Kulhudhuffushi, the other two were spotted at 2:30am.

Coast Guard ship Huravee escorted the boats to the Kulhudhuffushi harbor on Friday night.

The Coast Guard and locals occasionally find foreign fishing boats trespassing in Maldivian waters.