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Four Indian fishermen held for poaching in northern waters
At least four Indian fishermen were arrested along with a fishing trawler belonging to them for poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters yesterday, the Navy said.
The group of Indian fishermen had been fishing in Sri Lankan territorial waters by the time when the apprehension was made by Navy personnel attached to Northern Command. The apprehended fishers and their trawler being subsequently handed over to a craft of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard and afterwards the suspects were escorted to the naval base SLNS ‘Elara’.
These fishermen are expected to be handed over to the Assistant Director of Fisheries in Jaffna for onward action, after a medical examination.
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Rs 30 million worth tabs and mobiles left behind at duty free shop
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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