The Navy arrested 8 people for engaging in light coarse fishing in the Eastern seas yesterday, Navy said.
During this search operation carried out in the sea areas of Arisimalai,and Pulmoddai, they were arrested and their fishing equipments - unauthorized fishing nets and two dinghies were seized as well.
The suspects arrested were identified as 33 to 61 years of age, residents of Pulmoddai and Dodamgaslanda.
The suspects together with their equipment were handed over to the Fisheries Inspector of Kuchchaveli for further investigations, Navy further added.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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