Sri Lanka Navy Arrests Five for Illegal Fishing

Sri Lanka Naval troops attached to SLN Dockyard of the Eastern Naval Command on information received, arrested 5 persons along with a canoe engaged in illegal fishing in the seas of Coral Point area in Trincomalee on 18 June 2014.

The arrested persons with 250 kilograms of fish catch were handed over to the Harbour Police in Trincomalee for further investigations.

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Press Release, June 23, 2014; Image: Sri Lanka Navy