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‘Closer cooperation between New Delhi and Colombo needed to prevent weapons smuggling by fishing boats’

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Thursday, 5 November 2026 at 23:45
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‘Closer cooperation between New Delhi and Colombo needed to prevent weapons smuggling by fishing boats’
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By Hiran H. Senewiratne Fishing boats could be exploited to smuggle weapons and narcotics. Such possibilities call for stronger maritime surveillance and closer cooperation between Colombo and New Delhi, Admiral (Prof.) Jayanath Colombage (.

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  • —Senewiratne Fishing boats could be exploited to smuggle weapons and narcotics.
  • —Such possibilities call for stronger maritime surveillance and closer cooperation between Colombo and New Delhi, Admiral (Prof.) Jayanath Colombage (Retd.) said.
  • —‘The November 2008 Mumbai attacks where gunmen hijacked the Indian trawler ‘Kuber’ and used it to reach the city by [].
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