Sri Lankan Navy detains 21 Indian fishermen, confiscates 2 trawlers
The Hindu
They have been charged for poaching in the territorial waters of the island nation
Twenty-one fishermen from Nagapattinam and Karaikal were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy during the intervening night of Monday-Tuesday under charges of poaching in the territorial waters of the island nation.
Information on the alleged breach of the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) by the Indian fishermen, who had ventured into sea on two trawlers, was reportedly passed on to the Sri Lankan Navy by the local fishermen of Point Pedro, the northernmost point of the island in Jaffna district.
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