Navy nabs 37 Indians for poaching

Ridma Dissanayake

The Navy arrested 37 Indian fishermen along with five Indian fishing vessels engaged in poaching in the Eastern seas on Tuesday. The vessels and fishermen were brought to the Trincomalee Harbour and handed over to the Police.

Meanwhile, Naval troops attached to the Naval Deployment of Mullaithivu found a haul of mines and gunnery recently.

They conducted a search operation following a tip-off and found the items at Kovil Junction in Chalai and Wellamullai Waikkal.

Among the items seized were 17 Johnnie, 99 landmines, one 81 mm tramp bomb, 17 hand grenades, three 60 mm mortars, one 81 mm mortar and one 60 mm para.