Navy nabs 02 in Mannar bird smuggling bustNavy nabs 02 in Mannar bird smuggling bust

During a search operation conducted in the beach vicinity of Sirithoppuwa in Mannar on 10 Sep 25, the Sri Lanka Navy thwarted a smuggling racket involving 91 birds and apprehended 02 suspects and a dinghy employed for this illegal act.

After detecting a suspicious dinghy, the Naval Detachment of Pesalai under SLNS Gajaba in the North Central Naval Command launched a search operation in the beach vicinity. During the operation, naval personnel seized the suspicious dinghy with 72 pigeons and 19 game fowls and apprehended the 02 suspects in connection to the act of smuggling.

The suspects held in this operation were identified as residents of Pesalai and Mannar, aged 17 and 52. The suspects together with birds and the dinghy were handed over to the Pesalai Police for onward legal action.