Russian border guards have detained two vessels sailing the flag of Cambodia, which was illegally poaching crabs in the Russian economic zone, Interfax reports.
"Russian border guards detained two steamships Khobart and Dampir, which illegally caught sea food resources, in Russia's exclusive economic zone near the eastern shore of Sakhalin on Saturday," the public affairs center of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB)
says.
"Over 50 tons of crabs were found aboard Khobart, while over 70 tons of crabs were found aboard Dampir in a check," the statement says.
Fishing equipment was found aboard the ships, while "documents proving the authenticity of the catch arose doubts," the statement says.
The detained vessels were tugged to the port of Korsakov for an investigation.