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The Tunisian vessel rammed an Italian patrol boat during the chase The Guardia di Finanza of Lampedusa (Ag) arrested the commander of the Tunisian fishing vessel, engaged in illegal fishing in Italian territorial waters, who ignored the patrol boats' stop, on charges of resistance and violence against a warship and refusal to obey a warship. The Lampedusa Coast Guard intercepted the fishing vessel with its nets lowered into the sea, about 9 miles from the islet of Lampione. The Tunisian vessel, instead of stopping, reversed course in an attempt to escape by reaching the high seas. The Guardia di Finanza sent, in support, Pv 7 Paolini of the air-naval operational command and a lookout from the air-naval operational unit of the Guardia di Finanza of Vibo Valentia, both in Lampedusa. During the chase, which lasted several hours and was filmed by aircraft of the naval air operations command and the European agency Frontex, despite the firing of some shots with the aim of intimidating the larger unit, the fishing vessel not only did not allow boarding, but also carried out a series of maneuvers that endangered the safety of the soldiers who were trying to board. At the end of the chase, the soldiers boarded the fishing vessel and took it to the port of Lampedusa where, with the coordination of the chief prosecutor Luigi Patronaggio and the deputy Salvatore Vella, the captain of the fishing vessel was arrested and the illegally used nets were seized. ( AGTW - CorriereTv ). Watch the video on Corriere: https://video.corriere.it/cronaca/lam...