Bagerhat, Aug. 4 -- The Bangladesh Navy has detained 14 Indian fishermen along with a fishing trawler for illegally entering and fishing in Bangladeshi waters in the Bay of Bengal.

The arrest was made on Saturday night by the Navy's warship BNS Bishkhali from the deep-sea area near the fairway buoy off Mongla Port.

Mohammad Zahidul Islam, senior fisheries officer of Mongla Upazila, said that a significant quantity of marine fish, including hilsa, was found on board the Indian trawler.

The recoveries will be auctioned, while the trawler and the fishermen have been handed over to Mongla Police Station for legal proceedings, he said.

"All of the detained fishermen are residents of various parts of the South 24 Parganas district in India,...