Venice: Motorboat in lagoon, spilling diesel

As part of a control operation of the lagoon territory, the Naval Operations Section of the Guardia di Finanza of Chioggia intercepted a half-sunken fishing vessel leaking hydrocarbons into the adjacent lagoon waters at the old Brenta locks in the municipal territory of Chioggia. With the support of another naval unit sent to the site, the police officers who boarded the vessel secured the spill by positioning absorbent booms and creating an artificial barrier on the water’s surface. The vessel was seized and the owner was referred to the Judicial Authority for violating environmental protection legislation.