Sri Lanka Navy arrested 26 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler on 21 st December 2012. The trawler named “Sindathri” with 22 Tamils and 4 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 15 men, 5 women and 6 children. They are residents of Jaffna, Vavuniya, Chilaw, Marawila and Negambo. All were brought to Mutwal Fishery Harbour to be handed over to the CID for further investigations.
[mappress] Naval Today Staff, December 21, 2012; Image: Sri Lanka Navy