NEW DELHI: In a joint operation on Friday, the Indian Navy and Sri Lankan navy seized approximately 500kg of crystal methamphetamine from two boats in the Arabian Sea.The boats, along with their crew and the seized narcotics are being handed over to Sri Lankan authorities for further investigation and legal action.This operation came days after…
TRICHY: Sri Lankan navy arrested 12 Tamil Nadu fishermen and seized their trawler on charges of poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters off Paruthithurai (Point Pedro) in Jaffna district on Sunday.The fishermen, who had set out to sea from Akkaraipettai in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district early on Saturday, were taken to Sri Lanka’s Kankesanthurai harbour…
MADURAI: The Sri Lankan Navy handed over two fishermen and the mortal remains of a third fisherman, who died in a mid-sea collision between an Indian trawler and a Sri Lankan patrol vessel, to the Indian Navy near the International Maritime Boundary Line early Saturday morning.The Indian Navy Ship, INS Bitra, which was deployed off…
NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday arrested four fishermen belonging to Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu for catching fish allegedly across the border near Delft Island in Northern Sri Lanka.Fishermen arrested are K. Parthiban (32), K Sarathy (23), K Murali (42), N Ramadoss (52). The Lankan Navy has confiscated the boat and has taken it…
