On receipt of intelligence information naval personnel attached to the Naval Detachment of Chalai in Northern Naval Command, managed to recover 24 kg of Kerala Cannabis, during a raid carried out in the general area of Chalai today (7).

Going by the concept of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, another 2 RO plants produced by the Navy’s Research and Development Unit, declared open in Kokmaduwa and Puhulewewa areas in Anuradhapura today (7).

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Kashyapa located in Vakarai in the Eastern Naval Command arrested 9 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing activities using monofilament nets in the sea area off Muhathuvaram yesterday (6).

Sri Lanka Navy arrested 2 persons who were attempting to smuggle approximately 5 kg of Gold to India by a fishing boat yesterday (6) evening.

As part of the Sri Lanka Navy’s community development and social responsibility projects implemented under the visionary concept of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, the Northern Naval Command conducted a field health clinic at the Ayyanar Preschool on Analaitivu Island on 6th November 2016.