Navy arrests seven for illegal fishing

Naval troops attached to the Pallemunai Marshalling Point in the North-Central Naval Area arrested four persons with their boat on suspicion of illegal fishing using Gelignite in the Pallemunai area on August 3.

Meanwhile, Naval troops attached to Naval Deployment Baththalangunduwa in the North-Western Naval Area arrested three persons engaged in illegal fishing using nylon nets in the Baththalangunduwa Area on August 2. At Pallemunai eight diving masks, seven diving fins, four hand nets and 100 grams of Gelignite were among the items arrested with the suspects. The persons along with the items apprehended were handed over to Mannar Police for further investigations.

At Baththalangunduwa, two FGDs used by them and two nylon nets in their possession were apprehended along with the suspects. The arrested persons and items were handed over to the Assistant Fisheries Director Puttalam for legal proceedings.