The Sri Lankan navy arrested 38 fishermen from Tamil Nadu on Monday evening, according to the government news portal.
The navy said that the fishermen, on 8 fishing trawlers, were poaching “well within Sri Lankan waters”, when they were arrested in the seas off Delft and Thalaimannar.
The arrested fishermen were handed over to the officials of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Kankasanthurai and Thalaimannar for further action.
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