The Navy, during a raid conducted with the assistance of the Excise Office-Hambanthota apprehended 02 persons with about 10kg of Local Cannabis at Kiriibbanara in Sooriyawewa area on 19^th January 2020.

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 04 Indian fishermen along with a fishing trawler for poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters on 18 January 2020.

The Navy in coordination with the Excise officers apprehended a motor bike with about 18kg and 300g of Kerala cannabis during a raid carried out at Chavakachcheri area in Jaffna on 18^th January 2020.

In a combined operation conducted with Madawachchiya Police, SL Navy recovered two shot guns which were hidden in the Poonewa forest reservation, on 18^th January 2020.

The coastal and marine environment conservation activities conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy have started to deliver favorable returns as of now.

The Navy managed to recover about 1060kg and 200g of beedi leaves along with 02 dinghies, during a search conducted in the sea area of Karainagar today (18^th January 2020).

The Navy seized a haul of unauthorized fishing nets, during a coordinated search conducted with the Police in Jaffna town today (18^th January 2020).

The Navy apprehended a drug smuggler with 36g of heroin, during a coordinated search conducted with the Police in Thoppur on 17^th January 2020.

The Defence Attaché of the Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka, Group Captain Sean Unwin called on Commander Eastern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Merril Wickramasinghe at the Eastern Naval Command Headquarters on 18^th January 2020.

“Xiang Yang Hong 06”, a research vessel belongs to the People’s Republic of China which arrived to Sri Lanka on last 3^rd of January 2020, is engaging in a research on micro-organisms in the seas and on the sea bed of the territorial waters of Sri Lanka.