Four nabbed with sea cucumber

Conch shells submerged in lagoon unearthed :

Ridma Dissanayake

Special Boat Squadron personnel attached to SLNS Welusumana of the Northern Naval Command arrested four persons who attempted to illegally transfer sea cucumber in the seas off K Point recently. They seized three pairs of diving masks and three pairs of diving fins from the possession of the four persons along with 13 sea cucumbers freshly caught and stowed in a plastic box.

The arrested persons along with the items in their possession were handed over to Jaffna Fisheries Department officials. Meanwhile, Naval personnel attached to SLNS Gajaba of the North-central Naval Command while conducting checks at the Tavulpadu Fishing Marshalling Point arrested another four men who had a non-electric detonator and two safety fuses used for illegal fishing in their possession.

The four men were handed over to Mannar Police along with the items in possession for further investigations.

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Gajaba of the North-central Naval Command also recovered seven bags with conch shells which had been clandestinely submerged in the Erukkulumpiddi lagoon on Friday. The Navy unearthed the haul of conch shells according to information they received. The conch shells are in Naval custody.