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Hot Pursuit
May 24 , 2019
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- The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) gave a “hot pursuit” and apprehended a Pakistani fishing vessel off Gujarat coast.
- It seized huge cache of narcotic drugs worth ₹600 crore.
- The doctrine of maritime “hot pursuit” is codified in Article 111 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
- It recognizes the right of a State to pursue a vessel belonging to a foreign State, which has violated any law within its territorial boundaries and jurisdiction.
- It also allows to pursue the enemy vessel outside the territorial limits into the open sea and then to take into custody.
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