47 Australia bound Persons arrested
 Sri
Lanka Navy arrested 47 persons illegally bound for Australia in a
multi-day trawler and 02 fiber glass dingies in the early hours of 06th
November 2012. The trawler named "Thamara" was intercepted off Chilaw
seas and FGDs named "Kalinga" and "Udara" were intercepted off Negombo
seas by Fast Naval Patrol Craft attached to the Western Naval Command.
Among the arrested persons are 39 men, 03 women and 05
children (04 boys and a girl). They (33 Tamils, 09 Sinhalese and 05
Muslims) are residents of Jaffna, Vavuniya, Negombo, Mullaithivu,
Puttlam, Killinochchi, Wattala, Chilaw, Batticaloa, Kalpitiya, Mawanella
and Colombo. All were brought to Mutwall Fishery Harbour to be handed
over to the CID for further investigations.
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Courtesy : Sri Lanka Navy
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