At least 21 Indian fishermen were taken into custody by the Navy yesterday at two separate incidents of engaging in illegal fishing activities in the Northern sea, the Navy said.
The separate operations led to the seizure of four Indian trawlers along with arrested fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters off Mannar and off Kovilan, Kankasanthurei.
The arrested Indian fishermen (21) and the poaching trawlers (04) were brought to the Talaimannar Pier and Kankasanthurai harbour and they will be handed over to the Talaimannar and Jaffna Fisheries Inspectors for onward legal action, according to the Navy.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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