A passenger boat produced by the Sri Lanka Navy to be used for Canal Boat Service initiated by the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development, was officially handed over to the Hon.Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe by the Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva at the Maccalum gate boat yard in front of Lake House in Colombo Fort, today (22^nd August 2019).

A person with 1.460kg of Kerala Cannabis was held by Navy during a raid carried out in coordination with Police STF, at Uppukulam area in Mulativu, in the early morning today (22^nd August 2019).

Fifteen (15) persons who engaged in illegal fishing using banned nets at Walalthottam area in Trincomalee, were apprehended by Navy on 22^nd August 2019.

A Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) Course for the Coast Guard and Navy officers of Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka commenced at the Special Boat Squadron (SBS) Headquarters in Trincomalee on 19^th August 2019.

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended Four (04) Indian fishermen with their dhow who engaged in illegal fishing, in Sri Lankan territorial waters on 21^st August 2019.

SL Navy apprehended two persons with 210g of heroin, during a raid conducted at Piergama area in Thalaimannar, today (21^st August).

A stock of fish suspected to be caught by blasting explosive and 8 persons who engaged in illegal fishing were apprehended by the Navy during the raids conducted at Wattama area in Trincomalee and at Thuduwa area in Kokilai on 19^th August 2019.

The Heli Born Vessel Board Search Seizure exercise organized by Sri Lanka Navy in collaboration with Sri Lanka Air Force was conducted in the seas off Trincomalee on 19^th August 2019.

Captain(ASW) Nilantha Hewavitharana assumed duties as the new Commanding Officer of the Sri Lanka Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) SLNS Sayura, on 19^th August 2019.

Navy apprehended two persons with 16.005kg of Kerala Cannabis during a raid carried out in coordination with Police Narcotics Bureau, at Pungudutivu area in Jaffna on 20^th August 2019.