A naval patrol craft to the North Central Naval Command arrested 42 persons engaged in illegal fishing in the seas off Urumalai in Mannar on last Saturday. They had been fishing using an illegal purse seine net when they were arrested by the naval craft on routine patrol.
The arrested persons with items were handed over to the Assistant Director Fisheries Department in Mannar for further investigations.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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