Sri Lanka Navy in coordination with the Special Task Force carried out several joint operations in several regions in the island on 14^th and 15^th February and arrested 38 suspects who were attempting to illegally migrate via sea route.

A group of naval personnel attached to the Northwestern Naval Command, during night patrol, arrested 07 persons for practicing the banned method of light-coarse fishing in Sinnapadu sea area last night (15^th February).

A troop of Naval personnel attached to the North Western Naval Command apprehended two persons who were transferring a cow and a calf on a Dimo Batta lorry covering it with blue polythene, on the road in front of the main gate of SLNS Barana, yesterday (15^th February 2019).

Naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command took 05 unauthorized nylon fishing nets (150 feet each) into custody, cast in the Batticaloa lagoon area today (16^th February).

The Overall Commander of the three Iranian naval ships; Bushehr, Lavan and Bayandore, Commander Resa Buddhagi along with the other three Commanding Officers, Lieutenant Commander Mahmood Badvi, Lieutenant Commander Hasan Beygi and Lieutenant Commander Mohammad Bagher Rahnama called on Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo, today (16^th February).

Three (03) persons who were engaging in illegal fishing activities in the sea area of Sinnapadu in Puttalam, were apprehended by Naval personnel attached to the North Western Naval Command, yesterday (15^th February).

The ceremony to award prizes of the Regular Naval Benevolent Fund (RNBF) and the Volunteer Naval Benevolent Fund (VNBF) Raffle Draw, ‘Thilina Malla’ was held at the Admiral Somathilake Disanayake auditorium, SLNS Parakrama yesterday (15^th February) under the patronage of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva.

Two persons who engaged in illegal fishing without passes were apprehended by naval personnel attached to North Western Naval Command, at Kudiramalai sea area on 15^th Feb 2019.

A troop of Naval personnel attached to the Southern Naval Command in coordination with Police STF-Katharagama, apprehended 14 Sri Lankans, who secretly stayed at a lodge in Thissamaharama on an illegal migration attempt to Reunion island by boat, on 14^th Feb 2019.

The inaugural staff talks between the Sri Lanka Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was held at the Lighthouse Galley premises in Colombo on 14^th and 15^th February.