Six persons arrested for illegal fishing
 

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya in Kalpitiya arrested six persons along with two Fiber Glass Dinghies and two fishing nets (Surukku) in the seas between Baththalangunduwa and ‘K’ point whilst engaged in illegal fishing on 18th January 2016.

The arrested persons along with the items were handed over to the Assistant Director of Fisheries in Puttalam for onward action.