Rajkot, Feb. 11 : The coastguard has detained 18 Pakistani nationals near the Arabian Sea of Union Territory of Diu on Monday night.

The coastguard sources have revealed that all apprehended nationals were traveling in two boats heading towards Mumbai.

Coastguard surveillance ship is bringing all the detainees and their boats for further interrogation to Porbandar.

This is for the first time since the recent terror attacks on Mumbai that so many Pakistani nationals were arrested from the sea of Union Territory. (ANI)