112 Australia bound Persons arrested

11 October 2012 10:34 am

Sri Lanka Navy arrested 112 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler on 11th October 2012. The trawler named “Shantha Anthoni-2” with 91 Tamils, 14 Sinhalese and 07 Muslims on board was intercepted by a Fast Naval Patrol Craft attached to the Western Naval Command off Chilaw seas.

Among the arrested persons are 103 men, a woman and 08 children (boys). They are residents of Jaffna, Vavuniya, Killinochchi, Chilaw, Batticaloa, Putlam, Trincomalee, Negambo, Mannar and Mullaithivu. All were brought to Modara Fishery Harbour to be handed over to the CID for further investigations.(Navy.lk)