An awareness programme organised by the Sri Lanka Navy for the multi-day fishing vessel owners and its community was held at the Colombo Lighthouse Galley premises on 27^th December 2019.

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 14 Indian fishermen along with 03 fishing trawlers for poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters on 28^th December 2019.

During a joint operation conducted by the Navy and Police, a woman was apprehended for producing local liquor and keeping Kerala cannabis in the possession, on 28^th December 2019.

Two persons who were illegally transporting goats, were apprehended by the Navy today(28^th December) during a search conducted at Upparu area in Trincomale.

As another step of Navy's beach cleaning campaign, several beach cleaning programmes were conducted in Northern and Southern Naval Commands on 28^th December 2019.

Seven (07) persons who engaged in illegal fishing in the seas off Ambalangoda were apprehended by the Navy in coordination with the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, on 28^th December 2019.

Sri Lanka Navy managed to rescue an Indian and a Sri Lankan who fell into water while riding Jet Ski at the Lake Gregory in NuwaraEliya on 27^th December 2019.

About 10kg of Kerala Cannabis were recovered during a raid carried out by the Navy in coordination with SL Police, at Konnayan Kudiyruppu area in Mannar in the dawn today ( 28^th December 2019).

A Buddhist religious programme organized to mark the culmination of the series of religious events, in view of the 69^th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Navy that fell on 09^th December, was held at the Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya on 27^th December 2019.

Captain (N) Nimal Ranasinghe took over the duties as the new Commanding Officer of the Fast Missile Vessel, SLNS ‘Nandimithra’ today (27^th December 2019).