QUETTA—The Iranian authorities have released eight officials of the fisheries department, who had mistakenly entered into Iranian waters earlier.
“All eight officials including Inspector Abdul Salam and seven of his subordinates have been released by the Iranian authorities,” official sources told INP on Wednesday.
The government, after receiving reports of the arrest of Pakistan’s fisheries department officials by Iranian authorities, had contacted Tehran for their release.
“All the arrested personnel have been released and have reached homes,” an official who requested not to be named, said.
Official sources said the Pakistani officials were on routine petrol to check illegal fishing, when they mistakenly entered into Iranian territorial waters and were subsequently arrested by Iranian security forces.
A Provincial Government official, who requested anonymity, had earlier told INP that the government has also contacted the Iranian Consulate in Quetta and hoped that the officials would be released soon.
—Online
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