Seven local fishermen from Mulankavil and Nilaweli were arrested by the navy for engaging in illegal fsihing, Naval personnel attached to Buwenaka in Mulankavil arrested three persons along with a Fiber Glass Dinghy and 30 kilograms of illegally harvested sea cucumbers in Nachchikuda yesterday. The arrested persons along with the items were handed over to the Assistant Director of Fisheries (Kilinochchi) for onward action.
On a separate incident, the naval personnel attached to Vijayaba in Nilaweli with the assistance of Kuchchaweli police arrested four local fishermen along with two hand nets, three pairs of diving fins, two diving masks, 15 oxygen cylinders and 8 kilograms of illegally harvested sea cucumbers in Erakkandi lagoon. The arrested persons with the items were handed over to Kuchchaweli police for onward action.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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