Sri Lanka Navy arrests four Indian fishermen and seizes trawler for poaching

Four Indian fishermen were arrested and their trawler seized early on Tuesday by the Sri Lanka Navy for allegedly poaching in the island nation’s waters, taking the total number of such arrests to more than 180 this year.

Representative Image: Sri Lanka Navy arrests four Indian fishermen and seizes trawler for poaching(PTI)

“In the latest incident of alleged poaching by Indians, one Indian trawler was seized and four fishermen were arrested early on Tuesday around the northern islet of Delft in the Jaffna peninsula,” Sri Lanka Navy said here.