Russian border guards have detained 87 North Korean poachers and 11 small vessels in waters in the Sea of Japan which Moscow considers its own exclusive economic zone, the Interfax news agency cited the Federal Security Service as saying on Tuesday.
It is the third such incident in recent weeks amid what the Kremlin has said is a clamp down on illegal poaching by North Korea's fishermen. Last week Russia detained three North Korean vessels and more than 200 crew.
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