Sri Lanka Navy arrested 86 persons illegally bound for Australia in 2 multi-day trawlers on 13th September 2012. The trawler named “Senesha Duwa” with 67 persons including 58 Tamils and 9 Sinhalese on board and the other named “Seloni Duwa” with 19 persons including 14 Tamils and 5 Sinhalese on board were intercepted 20 nautical miles off Chilaw.
Among the arrested persons are 79 men, 2 women and 5 children (2 boys and 3 girls). They are residents of Jaffna, Mullaithivu, Vavuniya, Kilinochchi, Chilaw, Mannar, Negombo and Anamaduwa. All were brought to Modara Fisheries Harbour to be handed over to the CID for further investigations.
[mappress] Naval Today Staff, September 14, 2012; Image: Sri Lanka Navy