Navy nabs 55 bound for Australia

The Sri Lanka Navy intercepted 55 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler early yesterday. The trawler named Mithuna Putha -3 was intercepted by a Fast Naval Patrol Craft attached to the Western

Naval Command 12 nautical miles west of Negombo.

Among the arrested were 47 Tamils, five Muslims and three Sinhalese that included 41 men, six women and eight children.