Sri Lanka Navy arrested 67 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler on 08th October 2012. The trawler named “ Nathasha Duwa ” with 45 Tamils and 22 Sinhalese on board was intercepted by a Fast Naval Patrol Craft attached to the Western Naval Command off Chilaw seas.
Among the arrested persons are 54 men, 07 women and 06 children (03 boys and 03 girls). They are residents of Jaffna, Vavuniya, Killinochchi, Chilaw, Batticaloa, Ingiriya and Kotahena. All were brought to Mutwal Fishery Harbour to be handed over to the CID for further investigations.