88 SL migrants arrested seas off Negombo

11 September 2018 03:15 pm

Eighty Eight Sri Lankan including a woman who attempted to migrate overseas illegally, had been arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy today in the seas off Negombo, Navy Spokesman Dinesh Bandara said.

“A patrol vessel of the Sri Lanka Navy detected migrants who tried to leave the country on a multi-day trawler,” he said.(DS)