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CID arrested X-Press Pearl’s captain

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SL media reported today(14-Jun), The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Sri Lanka arrested the captain of MV X-Press Pearl. The captain was produced before a Magistrate, who ordered his release on a personal bond of Rs. 2 million. The skipper of the ship was also given a travel ban by the Magistrate. MV X-Press Pearl
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The beaches of Sri Lanka are encrusted with plastic
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The beaches of Sri Lanka are encrusted with plastic

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The beaches of Sri Lanka are encrusted with plastic Greenpeace.org reported (June 4); Another avoidable shipping calamity is plastic pollution in Sri Lanka waters. Government corruption and a plastics addiction are wreaking havoc on the world's oceans. After a chemical leak provoked a response in the ship's cargo, the Singapore-registered X Press Pearl cargo vessel
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