The Sri Lanka Navy arrested three individuals with 17kg of turtle meat, 39 turtle eggs and a dinghy during a search operation at Nachchikuda beach in Mannar.

The Navy noted that the operation was carried out by SLNS Buwaneka under the North Central Naval Command after inspecting a suspicious dinghy.

The suspects, aged between 26 and 32, are residents of Nachchikuda.

They were handed over with the seized items to the Kilinochchi Wildlife Office for further investigation and legal action.