Colombo, Aug 6 (UNI) Sri Lanka's navy arrested 22 Indian fishermen for poaching in the country's territorial waters on Monday, the navy said in a statement here on Tuesday.
The arrest was made during a special operation to chase away Indian trawlers poaching in the seas off Kudiramalai Point in the country's North Western Province, the navy said.
A number of other Indian fishing vessels fled, the navy said.