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Sri Lankan Navy arrests 14 Indian fishermen, impounds 3 boats

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 14 Indian fishermen, impounds 3 boats

Pudukottai (Tamil Nadu), Sep 7 (UNI) In yet another incident of continuing incidents against the Tamil Nadu fishermen, The Sri Lankan Navy arrested 14 fishermen and seized three mechanized fishing trawlers for allegedly straying into its territorial waters and indulging in unlawful fishing activities on Saturday evening.
Preliminary reports quoting Tamil Nadu fisheries officials said here tonight that the fishermen, hailing from Jegathapattinam coastal hamlet in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu were arrested, when they were reportedly fishing on high seas off the Delft Island.
The arrested fishermen and their trawlers were taken to Kankesanthurai harbour and handed over to the Sri Lankan fisheries officials at Mailadi for legal proceedings.
The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 359 fishermen hailing from Rameswaram, Thoothukudi, Nagapattinam and Pudukottai districts in Tamil Nadu and seized a total of 50 fishing trawlers
on the alleged charges of poaching in the Island nation’s territorial waters, so far this year.
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