A special operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy to chase away Indian poaching trawlers from Sri Lankan waters on Wednesday (13) has led to the seizure of an Indian trawler with 06 Indian fishermen who were poaching in Sri Lankan waters off the Kovilan Lighthouse, Kareinagar.
The Northern Naval Command had deployed its Fast Attack Craft to chase away a cluster of Indian poaching trawlers, after having spotted that they were engaging in illegal fishing in Sri Lankan waters on Wednesday (13).
In this operation, naval personnel held an Indian poaching trawler with 06 Indian fishermen onboard, as it continued to remain in island waters off the Kovilan Lighthouse.
The apprehended Indian fishermen and the poaching trawler were brought to the Kankasanthurai Harbour and they will be handed over to the Mailadi Fisheries Inspector for onward legal action, the navy said.
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