Navy take hold of 04 suspicious fishing vessels at sea
September 17, 2019
Sri Lanka Navy ships patrolling in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) had detected 04 Sri Lankan multiday fishing vessels named ‘Danuji’, ‘SubaPathum 4’, ‘LakpriyaDehi’ and ‘Nalin 10’ engaging in fishing activities in waters belonging to the Maldives.
Navy ships took hold of those fishing vessels along with 27 persons onboard and escorted them to the Colombo and Galle harbours for further investigation, yesterday (16th September 2019). In the course of advance search, the Navy managed to find a small quantity of drugs (ice) in one fishing vessel and a haul of Shark fins in another vessel.
At present Investigations are in progress to determine if these vessels have a link to drug trafficking. In the meantime, the Department of Fisheries will take onward action with regard to the stock of fish found form the vessels.
