Navy assists to apprehend 28 persons engaged in illegal activities
 

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 28 persons engaged in illegal acts and a haul of Kerala Cannabis hidden for sale.

Accordingly, a naval troop attached to the Eastern Naval Command apprehended a person with 2 banned nets at Lankapatuna and Kalladi areas, on last 13^th August. The apprehended person along with the nets were handed over to the Office of the Fisheries Inspector-Verugal for onward legal action.

A Naval troop attached the Eastern Naval command held twenty seven (27) persons who were engaging in illegal fishing with banned nets in the seas 2.5 nautical miles off Nayaru beach on 14^th August. Eight dinghies, 7 banned nets, 80 Kg of caught fish and other fishing gears were also taken into Naval custody. The apprehended persons, dinghies, the stock of fish and the fishing gears were handed over to the Assistant Director of Fisheries-Mullathivu for legal action.

Meanwhile, 8 banned nets were recovered by naval personnel of Eastern Naval Command on patrol in the lagoon area of Batticoloa, on 15^th August and these recovered nets were handed over to Assistant Director of Fisheries-Batticoloa for further investigation.

On 17^th August, a troop of Naval personnel attached to the North Central Naval Command on patrol, nabbed 1644 Kg of Kerala Cannabis hidden in the beach area of Kiranchi. It is suspected that this hoard of KG was hidden for sale later and it was handed over to Nachchikuda police for legal proceedings.