During a search operation, the Navy arrested five suspects along with 13 water gel sticks that were to be used for illegal fishing.
Also, a dinghy boat used by the suspects was also seized by the Navy.
The arrested suspects were identified as residents of Mannar between the ages of 24 and 41. The suspects, along with the water gel sticks and the dinghy, were handed over to the Mannar Police for onward legal action.
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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