Three Indian fishermen arrested for illegal fishing in Sri Lankan waters

COLOMBO (News 1st):- The Sri Lanka Navy apprehended three Indian fishermen along with a fishing trawler for engaging in illegal fishing in Sri Lankan territorial waters. The arrest was made by the Northern Naval Command, during a routine patrol in the seas North-West of Kovilan Point. The fishermen are to be handed over to the Assistant Director of Fisheries in Jaffna for onward legal action, following a medical test.