Four (04) persons engaged in fishing using explosives held by Navy

A group of naval personnel arrested four (04) suspects who engaged in fishing using explosives in the seas off Vankalai yesterday (23^rdsup April).

Accordingly, a group of naval personnel onboard an Inshore Patrol Craft attached to the North Central Naval Command, during routine patrol, held 04 suspects who engaged in illegal fishing using explosives. The suspects have been identified as residents of Mannar, aged 29, 31, 35 and 37.

Along with the suspects a dinghy, an outboard motor and 250kg of illegally caught fish were seized by the Navy. They were subsequently handed over to the Fisheries Inspector of Vankalai for onward action.