Navy nabs Indian trawlers carrying over 4,000kg of Kendu leaves

 

Two Indian fishing trawlers carrying eight Indian nationals and over 4,000 kilograms of ‘Kendu’ (ebony) leaves have been intercepted by the Sri Lanka Navy.

SLNS Suranimila attached to the Western Naval Command intercepted 02 suspicious Indian fishing trawlers in Sri Lanka’s waters, during a patrol conducted off the Kudiramalai Point on the night of December 05.

“The fishing trawlers had been loaded with 128 packages which were stuffed with Kendu Leaves weighing over 4000 kg.