SEA RACING AND TRIPLE PUNISHMENT AT THE FINISH. FOUR FISHERMEN RUNNING AWAY FROM THE BORDER GUARDS IN THE BLACK SEA

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28 of March 2020 08:05

Due to the coordinated cooperation of the border guards on land and at sea, the offenders were detained.

During the planned patrolling of the territorial sea, adjacent and exclusive (maritime) economic zones of Ukraine, tactical groups of the Maritime Guard, with support of the border guard aviation, inspected more than 4,5 thousand square miles of the Black Sea.

Control of navigation and stay of 170 vessels was ensured, 11 of them were inspected. The violations identified were mainly related to violation of the border regime by the small craft.

However, not all violations were minor. Thus, at the distance of more than 20 nautical miles from the shore, in the area of ​​the Dniester Bank of the Black Sea, the border guards on the ship of the Maritime Guard "Podillia" found a small target. Being anchored in the fishing area, meant almost certain that these were fishermen. But no small craft was allowed to enter the area. The ship's crew did not respond to requests from established maritime safety channels. And when the SBGS Marine Guard ship changed course to approach and identify the target, the small craft sharply reversed and headed for shore.

While pursuing the fugitives, the ship of the Maritime Guard "Podillia" provided information to a tactical group of patrol boats in the area of ​​the probable route of the small craft, as well as to the coastal units of the Southern Regional Directorate. As soon as the marines entered the course of interception of the speed target and activated warning sirens, the violators, despite the deteriorating weather conditions, neglecting the rules of safe navigation, accelerated and tried to hide in the Berezanka estuary.

Further, the crew of the offending vessel, probably deciding that they had escaped from the chase, approached the coast quietly, trying not to draw attention. But on the shore they were already met by the border guards detail of the Border Guard Division "Mykolaiv". As a result of examination of the circumstances of the offense, it was found that 4 fishermen, without informing the border guard unit, went fishing outside the open point of departure, violating the rules of the border regime.

In addition, men are likely to cross the state border in search of a better place to fish, without permission and proper clearance. Subsequently, realizing that they could be seized by Maritime Guard, ignoring the legitimate demands of border guards to stop, they tried to escape.

However, due to the coordinated cooperation of the border guards on land and at sea, the offenders were detained.

The master of a small craft was held accountable for violating the border regime, vicious disobedience to the legal requirements of the border guards, and illegal crossing of the state border of Ukraine. The vessel is banned from entering the sea for a period of 30 days.

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