Sri Lanka Navy arrested 67 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler on 08 th October 2012. The trawler named “ Nathasha Duwa ” with 45 Tamils and 22 Sinhalese on board was intercepted by a Fast Naval Patrol Craft attached to the Western Naval Command off Chilaw seas.
Among the arrested persons are 54 men, 7 women and 6 children (3 boys and 3 girls). They are residents of Jaffna, Vavuniya, Killinochchi, Chilaw, Batticaloa, Ingiriya and Kotahena. All were brought to Mutwal Fishery Harbour to be handed over to the CID for further investigations.
[mappress] Naval Today Staff,October 10, 2012; Image: Sri Lanka Navy