Russia’s coast guard detained a South Korean fishing trawler with 31 people aboard after firing warning shots Thursday, alleging that it was poaching in Russian waters, news agencies reported.
The trawler was one of four that were sighted in Russia’s economic zone near Russian-held islands northeast of Japan and scattered when a coast guard boat approached, ITAR-Tass and RIA-Novosti reported, citing regional officials of the coast guard, a branch of the Federal Security Service.