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.

Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy, with Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva, took time off to clean the Sandy Bay beach area in Trincomalee this morning (22^nd December 2019).

The Navy held 09 persons for illegal transferring of sand in Rakuliya, Trincomalee on 21^st December 2019.

Some of the areas of the island are affected by flood due to the prevailing adverse weather condition in the country these days. Following the directives of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva, a number of emergency naval response teams have been deployed in affected areas by Naval Command as follows.