Online ReportMembers of Bangladesh Coast Guard rescued 200 people
from near St Martin's Island in Cox's Bazar while they were being
trafficked to Malaysia.
Besides, they detained 11 staff of two cargo trawlers carrying the
fortune seekers, reports our Cox's Bazar correspondent quoting Arif
Hossain, station commander of coast guard in St Martin.Acting on a tip-off, a coast guard team intercepted the two cargo
trawlers around 5:00am and rescued the 200 people including a number of
Rohingyas, the station commander said.They fortune seekers will be handed over to Taknaf Police Station, he added.This
photo taken on June 16 last year shows fortune seekers who were rescued
after a trawler, on which they were travelling to Malaysia, capsized in
the Bay of Bengal.
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