Navy arrests 05 persons with 950kg of smuggled sea cucumber worth 10 million

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya in Kalapitiya arrested five (05) persons with an illegal haul of 950 kilograms of sea cucumber at Kappaladi, Kalpitiya, on 08th January 2016. The sea cucumber, estimated to be worth at least Rs. 10 million, had been smuggled from India via sea using small fishing craft and they were being made ready to be transferred ashore at the time of arrest.

The arrested persons and the illegal sea cucumber haul were handed over to the officials of the Assistant Fisheries Inspector's Office at Puttalam for legal action.