Naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command recently arrested 16 persons on the suspicion of illegal fishing south west of Elizabeth island. They had been handed over to Trincomalee harbour police with two FGD’s and two illegal fishing nets for further investigations.
The Sri Lanka Navy always extends it’s fullest assistance to the department of fisheries & aquatic resources and the Police to curb the illegal fishing activities at sea, the Navy media said.
The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka 2015