Forty-one Sri Lankans arrested in the deep seas off the Southern Coast while illegally migrating to Australia were handed over to the Galle Port Police by the Sri Lanka Navy on Saturday (25).
Having spotted a suspicious trawler movement about 715 Nautical Miles off the Dondra Lighthouse, the Navy had launched a special operation to inspect the boat and made the arrest in the wee hours of Thursday (23), Navy sources said.