COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Navy on Friday has arrested 8 fishermen from India’s Tamil Nadu state for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Sri Lankan waters.
Sri Lanka Navy Fast Attack Craft attached to the Northern Naval Command engaging in routine patrol in the Northern territorial waters arrested the Indian fishermen in a steel hull trawler 17 nm southeast of Point Pedro in the evening of June 23. The arrested fishermen, fishing trawler and their fishing gear have been brought to the naval base, Kankasanthurai. They will be handed over to the Jaffna Assistant Director of Fisheries for onward legal action. Sri Lanka Navy Thursday arrested 17 fishermen from Tamil Nadu for poaching in Sri Lankan waters in the northern territorial waters off Nagar Kovil.
