COLOMBO, Aug 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s navy, arrested four Indian fishermen for poaching in the country’s territorial waters last night, the navy said in a statement.
The arrests were made during a special operation, to chase away Indian trawlers, poaching off Kovilan Lighthouse, Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka, the navy said.
The navy also seized a trawler that the Indians were travelling in, the statement said, adding that, the seized trawler and the Indian fishermen would be handed over to the local authority for onward legal proceedings.
With this arrest, the navy has seized a total of 38 Indian poaching trawlers, and 265 Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan waters, so far, this year.– NNN-XINHUA
