Qld: Three men in court after straying into protected waters

AAP General News (Australia)
04-12-2010
Qld: Three men in court after straying into protected waters

Three crew from a bulk coal carrier that allegedly strayed into a restricted zone in
the Great Barrier Reef will appear in court today.

Federal police raided the MV Mimosa at Bowen in north Queensland on Saturday .. seizing
navigational equipment and charts .. and arresting a South Korean man and two Vietnamese
men.

They'll appear in Townsville Magistrates Court .. eight days after the Panama-flagged
vessel allegedly entered the no-go zone .. an offence that carries a 220 thousand dollar
fine.

The incident happened less than 24 hours after the Chinese coal carrier Shen Neng One
ran aground on the reef.

AAP RTV ka/jmt

KEYWORD: CARRIER MIMOSA (BRISBANE)

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