Sri Lanka Navy Have Arrested Six Local Fishermen With Equipment While Illegally Fishing In Seas Of Trincomalee

Sri Lanka Navy have arrested Six Local Fishermen yesterday(23) along with a Fiber Glass Dinghy(A Kind Of Boat)they were in while engaged  in fishing in the seas of Kuchchaweli,Trincomalee (Eastern Province) by using illegal fishing equipment it has been reported.

The Navy Personal attached to Sri Lanka Navy Dockyard who carried out the raid  have also arrested two pairs of diving fins and a purse-sein net that fishermen used for fishing .

The arrested local fishermen along with other items have been handed over to Kuchchaweli Police for further investigations.