Sri Lanka Navy arrests 37 Indian fishermen

COLOMBO, DEC 3:-PTI 

About 37 Indian fishermen were arrested and five boats seized by the Sri Lanka Navy today for allegedly entering its territorial waters.

Naval spokesman Kosala Warnakulasuriya said that the arrest was made at 5.00 a.m. local time today off the eastern coast of Pulmoddai.

Warnakulasuriya said they were being brought to the eastern port of Trincomalee. They would thereafter be handed over to the police for further investigations.