As part of the Sri Lanka Navy’s community service programmes carried out with the intention of preventing Chronic Interstitial Nephritis in Agricultural Communities (CINAC), a Reverse Osmosis system was installed in Gonahathdenawa, Kebithigollewa for the community use and it was declared open by Commander North Central Naval Area, Commodore Merill Wickramasinghe yesterday (2).

Naval personnel attached to Fast Attack Craft P 4444 and P 4445, deployed in the Eastern Naval Command, arrested 13 fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing practices in the sea area off Kokkuthuduwai yesterday (2).

Naval personnel apprehended 11 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing practices at two separate locations yesterday (1).

Naval personnel attached to Fast Attack Craft P 436 located in the Eastern Naval Command arrested 3 persons while harvesting sea cucumbers, violating approved distance in the sea area off Valayanakulam today (1).

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Uttara located in Kankasanthurai in the Northern Naval Area arrested 7 persons while harvesting sea cucumbers, without valid licence, in the sea area North of Point Pedro yesterday (31).

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Kashyapa located in Vakarei in the Eastern Naval Command arrested 2 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing activities using monofilament nets in the seas off Batticaloa yesterday (31).

Naval personnel attached to Rapid Response Rescue and Relief Squadron managed to rescue a person who got caught in a rip current in the sea area of Seenigama Temple yesterday (30).

The Deputy Defence Attache of the German High Commission in Sri Lanka, Lieutenant Colonel Carsten Hoelscher paid a courtesy call on Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters, Colombo today (31).

Sri Lanka Navy arrested 2 persons who were attempting to smuggle 5.5 kg of gold to India by a fishing boat last night (30).

Naval personnel apprehended 8 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing at two separate locations yesterday (30).