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Senegal’s navy has boarded a Russian ship that was allegedly illegally fishing in its waters and is escorting it toward Dakar, the military said.

The ship was boarded after it was observed illegally fishing in Senegalese waters near the border with Guinea Bissau, Lieutenant-Colonel Adama Diop, a military communications officer, told AFP.

“The Navy boarded it and it is being escorted” toward Dakar, he said, adding that it was the third time in a week that an illegal fishing boat has been stopped in Senegalese waters.

The boat was named as “Oleg Naidenov” by the Russian state Ria Novosti news agency, which said it had 62 Russians and 20 Guinea Bissau nationals on board. The Itar-Tass news agency said the vessel was 120 meters long.

Senegal’s Fisheries Minister Haidar El Ali said the trawler had a license in neighboring Guinea Bissau but was not allowed to fish in Senegalese waters.

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