Navy launches operation to chase Indian fishermen, 6 detained

12 Jul, 2022

The Sri Lanka Navy launched an operation to chase away Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters and detained 6 fishermen in the process.

The navy media unit said that a special operation was carried out to chase away Indian trawlers poaching in the northern waters last evening.

The operation led to the arrest 06 Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters off the Kovilan Lighthouse.

The Navy deployed a Fast Attack Craft of the 4th Fast Attack Flotilla (4 FAF), attached to the Northern Naval Command to chase away a large number of Indian trawlers from Sri Lankan waters, after having spotted them poaching off the Kovilan Lighthouse, via the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).

The Indian trawler which was seized and the six (06) Indian fishermen were brought to the Kankasanthurai Port and were handed over to the Fisheries Inspector of Jaffna, through the Sri Lanka Coast Guard for onward legal action. (Colombo Gazette)

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