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Sri Lanka Navy arrested 86 persons who had been illegally heading for Australia in a multi-day trawler in the seas 62 nautical miles off Galle on 21st September 2012. The over-crowded trawler, named "Laksiri", was intercepted by a Fast Naval Craft attached to the Southern Naval Command.
Among the arrested are 59 Tamils, 18 Muslims and 09 Sinhalese. There are 76 men, 04 women and 06 children that include 04 boys and 02 girls, in the group. They are residents of Thalai-mannar, Trincomalee, Vavuniya, Aluthgama, Beruwela, Puttlam, Jaffna, Colombo, Killinochchi, Mullaithivu and Kegalle. All were brought to Galle Harbour for further investigations.