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Sri Lanka Navy intercepted 24 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler on 30th August 2012. The trawler named “Saumya” was intercepted 10 nautical miles off Batticaloa by a Fast Naval Patrol Craft attached to the Eastern Naval Command.
The arrested persons are Tamils residing in Vavuniya, Jaffna, Killinochchi and Mullaithivu. They were escorted to Trincomalee Harbour to be handed over to the CID for further investigations.