Navy arrests twenty-two persons engaged in illegal fishing
 

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya in Kalpitiya arrested 22 persons with 6 Fiber Glass Dinghies (FGDs) on engagement in illegal fishing in the seas between Karativu and Kondachci on 14th January 2016. Two fishing nets (Laila nets), 27 oxygen cylinders, 10 pairs of diving fins and 8 diving masks were also taken into custody during the arrest.

The arrested persons and the items along with 4,772 kilograms of illegally caught fish catch and the FGDs used for the illegal act were handed over to the Assistant Director of Fisheries (Puttalam) for further investigations.