As three fishermen chased their first catch out in the Atlantic Ocean in a newly bought second-hand boat equipped with a $1 million engine the vessel was hijacked on Saturday by pirates who deposited them just off Mahaica.
Losing a boat to hijackers is something anyone in the trade must be prepared for every year, Mon Repos fishermen told Stabroek News yesterday afternoon. Over the last decade, one fisherman said, seven of his boats along with engines and the catch have been lost to sea-hijackers.
In the latest hijacking, Vijai Persaud and his two crew
