17 bodies recovered from river in just one week

❐ Staff Reporter

The Naval Police have recovered 17 bodies in operations conducted in various rivers of the country in the past seven days. During the same period, a total of 96 cases, including three murder cases, have been filed and 302 accused have been arrested.

The Naval Police announced this information in a press release today, Thursday, May 21st.

During the operation, 231,73,675 meters of illegal nets were seized from the river. In addition, 2,896 kg of fish, 199,500 shrimp larvae and 490 kg of jellied shrimp were also seized. In addition, 179 bushes were destroyed from the river.

Cases have been filed in the Naval Court against 104 bulkheads for not having valid documents during the operation. In addition, two dredgers have been seized.

The total 96 cases filed during this seven-day operation include 63 Fisheries Act cases, 13 Reckless Driving Act cases, 11 Unintentional Death cases, 3 Murder cases, 1 Robbery case, 1 Kidnapping case, 1 Extortion case, 1 Balumahal case, 1 Narcotics case and 1 Special Powers Act case.