Navy’s tip-off leads to arrest of a person caught thresher shark

Following a tip-off given by the Navy, Sri Lanka Coast Guard in coordination with officials of the Department of Fisheries in Negombo carried out a raid and arrested a person while bringing the banned species of thresher shark to the Negombo harbour today (02^nd March).

Accordingly, 242kg of thresher shark, 17kg of shark fins and a multiday fishing trawler belonging to the suspect were also taken into custody of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard. They were subsequently handed over to the Department of Fisheries, Negombo for onward legal action.