Twenty-three Indian fishermen were arrested and four of their boats seized for what Islamabad described for fishing illegally in Pakistani territorial waters.

A spokesman for the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency said in Karachi on Tuesday that the fishermen were arrested after being warned twice that they had entered into Pakistan's territorial waters and were fishing illegally.

Pakistani Maritime security agency has arrested 31 fishermen and seized 14 boats in January and another 24 fishermen and 12 boats in February.