Navy nabs 61 bound for Australia

The Sri Lanka Navy intercepted 61 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler on Tuesday. The trawler Madushan II was intercepted by a Sri Lanka Navy's Fast Naval Patrol Craft attached to the Eastern Naval Command off Batticaloa.

Among the arrested were 60 Tamils and one Sinhalese that included 43 men, eight women and 10 children. They were handed over to the Harbour Police.