Morocco seizes fishing boats

Originally published December 1, 1998

Spanish sources have announced that the Moroccan authorities had seized four shipping boats, four Spanish and the fifth is a Norwegian. The Spanish TV said on Sunday that the five fishing ships were held in the northern al-Dukhleh port, which is a Moroccan position in the Western Sahara, to the North of al-Canary islands.

The Spanish sources said the ships will be held until next Monday.

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