On receipt of information to the Navy, Coast Guard personnel attached to the Western Naval Command in coordination with the official of Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources apprehended a person with 272 kg of Thresher Shark during a raid carried out at the Fish Market Complex in Negombo yesterday (04 September 2017).

On information received by the Navy, three (03) persons were arrested with 7.86 kilogrammes of Kerala Cannabis at two separate locations.