Commander Ganganath Jayakodi assumed duties as the new Commanding Officer of the Sri Lanka Navy’s Fast Gun Boat, SLNS Mihikatha, today (24 December).

The Navy apprehended 03 persons with 80.25kg of Kerala Cannabis in the beach area of Mollipuram, Puttalam on 23^rd December 2019.

Navy relief teams are supporting to restore normalcy in public life the North Central Province, whose lives were slashed by the adverse weather in Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa districts.

A person with 375 Nos. of Madanamodaka drug pills was apprehended during a search carried out by Navy in coordination with Police STF, at China Bay area in Trincomale, on 23^rd December 2019.

The Navy, in coordination with the Police Special Task Force, held a person with 46.2kg of beedi leaves in Gurunagar, Jaffna on 23^rd December 2019.

SL Navy in coordination with Sri Lanka Police apprehended a person with 25g of Kerala cannabis, during a raid conducted at Palliyawasalpadu area, on 22^nd December 2019.

Three (03) persons who engaged in illegal fishing in the seas off Hikkaduwa were apprehended by the Navy in coordination with the office of the Assistant Director of Fisheries-Galle on 22^nd December 2019.

Concluding his official tour to Sri Lanka, the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) of the Indian Navy, Admiral Karambir Singh left the island in the evening on 22^nd December 2019.

The Navy, during a special operation in the sea area between Thalpadu and Wankalei, managed to release 12 sea turtles trapped in shrimp farms this morning (22^nd December).

Some areas of the island are affected by flood due to the prevailing adverse weather condition in the country these days. In accordance with an integrated disaster management plan implemented island wide, a number of emergency naval response teams have been deployed in affected areas, by the Navy as follows.