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.
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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