On receipt of an intelligence tip-off to the Navy, a group of naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command in coordination with Division Vice Squad, Trincomalee apprehended a suspect with 7.425 kg of gelignite (55 ticks) in general area, Kinniya today (17).

The Naval personnel attached to Eastern Naval Command, yesterday (16) arrested 13 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing with banned nets in the seas off Koduwakattumalai in Pulmudai.

The Sri Lanka Navy, under the able leadership of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, conducts a wide range of community service projects for the benefit of the needy population in different parts of the country.

Sri Lanka Coast Guard in a joint operation with the Fire Brigade of Matara Municipal Council controlled the spread of fire broke out onboard two whale watching boats ‘Speed Liner’ and ‘Deep Blue’ owned by Ceylon Speed Liner Pvt Ltd at Fisheries Harbour Mirissa yesterday (14) .

Sri Lanka Coast Guard life savers deployed at Gopalpuram rescued a woman drowning in the seas off Gopalpuram yesterday (14).

Sri Lanka Coast Guard life savers deployed at Lifesaving Posts Mirissa and Hikkaduwa, rescued two foreigners and one Sri Lankan who were being dragged out by the waves at sea off Mirissa and Hikkaduwa beaches at two separate locations yesterday (13).

On receipt of intelligence information to the Northern Naval Command, a group of naval personnel recovered 20 kg of Kerala Cannabis abandoned in the beach area of Valliyar on the Delft Island, yesterday (12).

Currently a joint hydrography survey is been conducted by the Sri Lankan and Indian navies, off the Southern coast of Sri Lanka, on-board Indian Naval survey vessel Darshak.

Family is the Supreme Bliss ‘පවුල ලොවේ උතුම්ම සම්පතයි’ and Practical Psychological Diagnosis ‘ප්‍රායෝගික මනෝ චිකිත්සාව’ two books authored by Lieutenant Vishanka Gunawardena were launched at the Admiral Somathilake Dissanayaka Auditorium at the Naval Headquarters today (12).

On receipt of an information to the Coastal Observation Point, (COP) Pukkulam, the Navy rendered assistance to rush a wounded person for immediate medical treatment at the Silawathura Hospital today (12).