Eighteen local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing in two separate incidents were arrested yesterday, navy said. Three persons were arrested by naval personnel attached to SLNS Barana, along with a dinghy and banned fishing net while engaged in illegal fishing between Kolankanaththa and Wellamundalam area.
In a separate incident another 15 local fishermen were apprehended by the naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya in Kalpitiya, while fishing illegally in the seas off Baththalangunduwa, using banned fishing net. Along with the suspects, five boats, 4 fishing nets (Surukku), 5 GPS units were taken into custody. Arrested persons along with the items were produced to the Assistant Director of Fisheries (Puttalam) for onward investigations.
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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