SL Navy recovered an unauthorized fishing net, during a patrol carried out at Gopalapuram area in Trincomalee, on 15^th October 2019.

Navy held a person who possessed 02g of Kerala Cannabis, during a raid carried out in Kudawella fisheries harbour area on 15^th October 2019.

A media briefing on ‘Galle Dialogue 2019’, the International Maritime Conference was held at the Naval Headquarters today (15^th October). The media briefing chaired by Chief of Staff of Navy, Rear Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne was attended by a host of local and foreign media personnel. The conference is scheduled to be held in Colombo on 21^st and 22^nd October 2019.

The Sri Lankan Navy, which operates the Sri Lankan Navy General Hospital in the Western Naval Command, engaged with the region’s top provider of integrated sustainability solutions, The Carbon Consulting Company (CCC), to quantify the direct and indirect Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of its hospital’s operations. Following the assessment, CCC invested in an internationally registered Renewable Energy Project to obtain a matching amount of Carbon Credits. The credits were acquired from the UK-based sustainability services firm, Natural Capital Partners, and in return the hospital was awarded their proprietary, global-leading CarbonNeutral® Certification, making it Asia’s first to receive this accolade.

The annual Katina Puja ceremony of Sangamiththa Viharaya at Dambakolapatuna in Jaffna was held with the assistance provided by the Navy on 13^th and 14^th October 2019.

SL Navy found 70kg of fish which were caught by using explosive in Sinnaweli area, Trincomalee on 14^th October 2019.

Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva attended the Sea Power Conference 2019 organized by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the 6^th Meeting of Sri Lanka-Australia Joint Working Group on People Smuggling.

SL Navy recovered three (03) unauthorized fishing nets, during a patrol carried out in Ilankanthai and Kalladichenai areas today ( 14^th October 2019.).

SL Navy recovered a haul of Kerala Cannabis which were floating in the seas off Mannar, today (14^th October 2019).

The Navy discovered and unidentified body at the Colombo harbour entrance today (14^th October 2019).