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NAGAPATTINAM: Six fishermen from Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai districts were allegedly assaulted and robbed at sea by assailants said to be from Sri Lanka on Friday night. Sources said fishermen C Kumar, K Jegan and N Lakshmanan -- all from Mayiladuthurai camping in Nagapattinam's Kodiyakarai for the past two months -- on Friday afternoon ventured into sea in a motorised boat. …

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‘Meth’-like substance washes ashore near Kodiyakarai beach in Tamil Nadu

NAGAPATTINAM: Around two kg of an unidentified crystalline substance washed ashore on the beach near Kodiyakarai in Nagapattinam district on Sunday evening. The CSG received information from the local fisherfolk that a couple of strange plastic boxes were found near the fish landing centre in Kodiyakarai. According to officials, a kilo of transparent crystalline substance was packed in a plastic …

Deadline up, fishers from other districts told to leave Kodiyakarai

NAGAPATTINAM: The fisheries department has directed vessels from districts other than Nagapattinam to vacate Kodiyakarai. The deadline was set after tension ran high on January 8, when a group of fishers from Pushpavanam in Vedaranyam taluk seized seven non-local boats, citing increased competition in fishing in the serene Palk Strait. "We have ordered all the boats from districts to move …