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Nine fishermen from Rameswaram held by SL Navy on poaching charge

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Nine fishermen from Rameswaram held by SL Navy on poaching charge
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In a fresh incident, nine fishermen from Thangachimadam here in Ramanathapuram district, who had ventured into the sea for fishing, were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy personnel on charges of poaching on Saturday.

Fisheries department officials said that they had issued tokens to 339 mechanised trawlers.

On Saturday, the Sri Lankan Navy personnel who were on surveillance claimed that a mechanised trawler, in which there were nine fishermen, had indulged in poaching.

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