Sri Lanka Navy together with the Sri Lanka Coast Guard arrested eight Indian fishermen along with two Indian fishing trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan waters near the Delft Island on Sunday (29).
The arrested fishermen and the trawlers were handed over to the officials of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Jaffna) after bringing them to Karainagar, for onward action, the government news portal reported.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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