During a joint operation conducted by Sri Lanka Navy and Trincomalee Police Narcotic Bureau in Trincomalee, a person with heroin was apprehended on 15^th March 2020.

The Navy apprehended two persons with Kerala cannabis in the sea area off Koneshwaram on 15^th March 2020.

The 28^th anniversary of SLNS Dakshina which fell on 09^th March this year was celebrated on grand note. To mark the anniversary celebrations, several religious events and Corporate Social Responsibility projects had been organized by the crew of SLNS Dakshina, under the guidance of its Commanding Officer, Captain Nadith Walpola.

The Navy in coordination with Excise Station-Sankanai recovered approximately 142kg of Kerala cannabis, during a special search operation conducted at Kakkativu island in Kiranchi area, Mannar today(15^th March 2020).

The Turtle Conservation Centre at Panama managed under Navy Turtle Conservation Project released hundred and three(103) sea turtle hatchlings to the ocean today (15^th March 2020).

The Navy apprehended 17 persons for illegal fishing without valid license, during two search operations carried out on 14^th March.

The Navy, during a foot patrol in the Kokilai beach on 14^th March 2020, apprehended an unauthorized fishing net which was in a motor tricycle parked at the beach.

SL Navy recovered a claymore mine at Wadduvakal beach in Mulativu, on 14^th March 2020.

A friendly cricket match between the UK armed forces team which arrived in Sri Lanka on 10^th of this month and Sri Lanka Navy was played at the Welisara Navy Grounds on 14^th March 2020.

During a foot patrol conducted in the general area of Weddukadu in Chavakachcheri today (14^th March 2020), the Navy managed to apprehend a suspect with a locally made gun.