Five arrested with conch shells

Naval personnel in Kaytes on Saturday arrested five persons, including, two foreign nationals and three Sri Lankans, who are residents of Nagadeepa, Thalawila, while loading a stock of conch shells from a boat in to a lorry at Kurikattuwan Jetty.

The suspects, the lorry and 1,096 conch shells were handed over to Kurikattuwan Police Post.