The naval personnel today apprehended nine Sri Lankans who were on an attempt heading towards Australia inWest of Negambo sea,navy said.
There were, five men, a woman, two boys and a girl among the apprehended people onboard. The said migrants have left from the Negombo harbour onboard a Multi-Day Fishing Vessel named “Rishna Duwa”.
The Sri Lanka Navy apprehended them on a tip off received by intelligence personnel and they were brought to Colombo Harbour and handed over to the Maritime Division of Police Criminal Investigation Division for onward investigations.
"There is no means of heading towards Australia by illegal methods as at today, since the country is very strict with regard to such migration. However people keep on venturing and losing their hard earned money based on the bogus information given by human smugglers and finally become convicts in the hands of law. " the navy said.
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