31.   The pair were arrested Monday near Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu, which is separated from Sri Lanka by a narrow strip of sea.

32.   Nine people, including three children and two policemen, were injured before police managed to arrest the pair.

33.   Police denied the pair had been arrested.

34.   Police spokesman Henk Ketelaar in the southern town of Breda said the pair were arrested on drugs trafficking charges.

35.   Security officers arrested the pair early Sunday after they set four smaller trees on fire.

36.   The agency said the pair were arrested as they were attempting to return to their homes in central Russia.

37.   The council agreed the pair should be arrested, the interior ministry said.