TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan: At least 18 suspected Vietnamese poachers were arrested by joint elements of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) off the Calayan Group of Islands here.

BFAR Region 2 fishery law enforcer Rommel Diciano said law enforcers on May 12 were conducting a seaborne patrol aboard BFAR patrol vessels when they chanced upon the foreigners, who were on board three fishing boats.

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