Six Lankans Trying To Go Illegally To New Zealand Arrested

Thursday, 21 January 2016 - 14:26

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Six Sri Lankans Held in India for Attempted Boat Trip to New Zealand. The “Q” branch police in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday arrested six Sri Lankan Tamil refugees on the charge of planning to embark on an illegal boat journey to the New Zealand.

They were secured when they assembled near a school in the Tiruchirapalli to chalk out a plan for the boat journey.

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