A source at the Suez port said the Saudi authorities detained 35 Egyptian fishermen on the “Arafat al-Gabrony” boat for penetrating its territorial waters without permission.
The source said the owner of the boat is from Port Said and the crew is from Daqahliya.
He claimed that bad weather swept the boat to the Saudi territorial waters.
Egyptian fishermen have frequently been caught wandering outside of Egypt's territorial waters. On Wednesday, Libya is scheduled to release 21 fisherman that were arrested for straying into Libyan territory.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
