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Sri Lanka Navy arrested 86 persons illegally bound for Australia in 02 multi-day trawlers on 13th September 2012. The trawler named “Senesha Duwa” with 67 persons including 58 Tamils and 09 Sinhalese on board and the other named “Seloni Duwa” with 19 persons including 14 Tamils and 05 Sinhalese on board were intercepted 20 nautical miles off Chilaw.
Among the arrested persons are 79 men, 02 women and 05 children (02 boys and 03 girls). They are residents of Jaffna, Mullaithivu, Vavuniya, Kilinochchi, Chilaw, Mannar, Negombo and Anamaduwa. All were brought to Modara Fisheries Harbour to be handed over to the CID for further investigations.