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Sri Lanka Navy arrests 10 Indian fishermen, seizes trawler Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Navy arrests 10 Indian fishermen, seizes trawler

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 22 Aug 2022, 08:05 pm

Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu)/UNI: The Sri Lankan Navy on Monday arrested 10 Indian fishermen and confiscated their mechanized fishing trawler on charges of violating the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and indulging in unlawful poaching in their territorial waters.

Tamil Nadu fisheries officials said here the fishermen hailing from Akkaraipettai coastal hamlet in the Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu were detained when they were fishing in Sri Lankan waters off Mullaitivu.

Meanwhile, the Sri Lankan Navy on its official website claimed that they have conducted a special operation to chase away Indian trawlers poaching in Island waters. The operation led to the seizure of an Indian trawler with 10 Indian fishermen and their fishing gear.

The arrested fishermen along with trawlers were taken to Trincomalee harbour and will be handed over to the Fisheries department officials for onward legal action, it said.

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