Thirty nine (39) Senior Sailors of Sri Lanka Navy were awarded Interest free loan facility valued Five Hundred Thousand rupees (Rs.500,000/=) each, by the Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva at the Navy Commander’s office, on 19^th August 2019.

Navy held 3 persons who were illegally transporting sand at Kudawa area in Kalpitiya, today (20^th August.

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 16 Sri Lankans who were on an attempt to illegally migrate via sea routes, on 19^th August 2019.

Four (04) Indian fishermen along with a trawler engaged in illegal fishing in Sri Lankan territorial waters were apprehended by the Sri Lanka Navy on 19^th August 2019.

Navy in coordination with Police STF apprehended a person with 1.576kg of Kerala Cannabis, during a raid carried out at Kaliyapuram area in Jaffna on 19^th August 2019.

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 22 persons engaged in illegal fishing at Kalladichena area in Trincomalee, today (19^th August).

Six persons who engaged in illegal fishing using banned nets in the seas off Sampoor, Trincomalee were apprehended by Navy on 17^th August 2019.

The Defence Attaché to the Embassy of the United States of America in Sri Lanka, Lieutenant Colonel Travis R Cox called on the Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Piyal De silva, at the Naval Headquarters, today (19^th August). Lieutenant Commander Brian S. Page of US Navy was also present on the occasion.

A suspect with a locally made shotgun was apprehended during a raid conducted by the Navy in coordination with Department of Wildlife Conservation, at Sanhindagama area in Hambanthota, today (19^th August).

The Navy, on 11^th July 2019, found approximately 70kg of heroin onboard a suspicious vessel seized in the southern seas, along with 06 Iranian nationals.