The Sri Lanka Navy has apprehended 12 Indian fishermen along with 03 Indian trawlers for poaching in Sri Lankan waters off the Kovilan Lighthouse in Kareinagar, Jaffna last night (Jan.

13).The Northern Naval Command of Sri Lanka Navy made this apprehension during a special operation conducted to chase away Indian poaching trawlers from Sri Lankan waters.The apprehended Indian fishermen and the poaching trawlers were brought to the Kankasanthurai harbour and they will be handed over to the Mailadi Fisheries Inspector for onward legal action, the Navy said.The Navy conducts regular patrols and operations in Sri Lankan waters to curb illegal fishing practices by foreign fishing trawlers, taking into account the consequences of these practices on the livelihood of local fishermen and marine resources of the country.