Patrol boat sinks off Cirebon coast

Patrol boat sinks off Cirebon coast

CIREBON, West Java: A patrol boat belonging to the Cirebon
Customs and Excise Agency sank five miles off the coast here
after being battered by waves on Sunday.

So powerful was the wave that sank the boat that it snapped
the line that linked the boat with a Vietnamese freighter. The
boat then capsized and sank, a member of the customs agency who
witnessed the accident told Antara.

Nobody was aboard the boat at the time. All its officers were
on board the Vietnamese freighter to inspect the documents and
contents of the ship.

The port authorities have sent a team to try to salvage the
patrol boat now lying on the bottom of the sea. (emb)