During a North Central Naval Command operation off the coast of Mannar on Tuesday night (16), Sri Lanka Navy had seized two Indian fishing trawlers carrying eighteen fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters off Mannar.
Accordingly, the captured Indian fishermen and the poaching trawlers have been taken ashore at Mannar’s Thalpadu Pier.
The Talaimannar Fisheries Inspector will receive them to proceed with further legal action.
The United States has told Sri Lanka that the disposition of the Iranian naval vessel IRIS Bushehr and its crew is a matter for Colombo to resolve under its own laws and international obligations, while signalling it is in active talks with Sri Lanka to contain Iran’s threat to US interests.
The Editor, of Lankaenews website Sandaruwan Senadheera was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport while returning from UK.
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