The Sri Lanka Navy prevented a smuggling racket involving 91 birds during a search operation conducted in the vicinity of the Sirithoppuwa beach in Mannar this week (10 Sept).
According to the Navy, 02 suspects were arrested, and a dinghy used for this illegal act was taken into custody.
After detecting a suspicious dinghy, the Naval Detachment of Pesalai under SLNS Gajaba in the North Central Naval Command launched a search operation in the beach vicinity.
During the operation, naval personnel seized the suspicious dinghy with 72 pigeons and 19 game fowls.
The suspects arrested in this operation were identified as residents of Pesalai and Mannar, aged 17 and 52.
The suspects, together with the birds and the dinghy, were handed over to the Pesalai Police for legal action. (Newswire)