On receipt of intelligence information to the Navy, a group of naval personnel attached to the Northwestern Naval Command apprehended 2 suspects while smuggling 2,089 live star tortoises by a dinghy, in the sea area in between Ippantivu and Sinna Arichchal, Kalpitiya yesterday (June,17).

Naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command apprehended 38 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing practices using unauthorised fishing nets, at two separate locations yesterday (June, 17).

On receipt of information from Habaraduwa Police, a team of Navy Divers attached to the Southern Naval Command rendered assistance to recover a dead body trapped in a reef in Unawatuna area today (June, 18).

Naval personnel attached to a Fast Attack Craft belonging to the Northern Naval Command arrested 5 Indian poachers along with a fishing trawler engaged in illegal fishing practices in Sri Lankan territorial waters west of Delft Island this morning (June, 18).

The Russian sail training ship 'Nadezda' which arrived at the port of Colombo on 14th June, set sail from the Colombo harbour today (June, 17).

Naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command apprehended 15 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing practices using unauthorised fishing nets at two separate locations in Trincomalee yesterday (June, 16).

A guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, USS ‘Lake Erie’ arrived at the Port of Colombo on a post relief mission on 11th June.

The ‘Welamiriya Suspension Bridge’ which sustained damages inflicted by the recent flash floods, was reconstructed and ceremonially declared open for the community use by the Navy, today (June, 16) in Ayagama. The bride is located at Kavittigoda belonging to the MedagalakuraGramaNiladhari Division in Ayagama, Rathnapura.

US Navy personnel who arrived onboard USS ‘Lake Erie’, in coordination the with Sri Lanka Navy Marines provide post Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief support activities in the flood affected areas in western and southern provinces.

On receipt of intelligence information, naval personnel attached to the Western Naval Command combined with Peliyagoda Police, on a search carried out at Peralanda, Ragama area apprehended a person with illegal drugs yesterday (15).