A foot patrol conducted by the Navy in the beach area of Madagal in Jaffna led to the seizure of over 126kg of Kerala cannabis on the night of 10th March 2023.

The Sri Lanka Navy rendered towing assistance to a distressed local multiday fishing trawler in eastern seas and guided it safely to the Cod Bay Fisheries Harbour today (10th March 2023). In coordination with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Colombo established at the Navy Headquarters, this SAR operation was mounted to rescue 06 fishermen on the fishing trawler which was in distress, due to a mechanical failure, about 54 nautical miles (about 100km) off the eastern coast.

A combined search operation conducted by the Navy and Police at the Old Pier area of Talaimannar on 09th March 2023 led to the apprehension of 03 suspects in possession of over 03 kg (wet weight) of Kerala cannabis.

The Sri Lanka Navy took hold of a smuggled consignment of Kendu leaves weighing about 400kg (wet weight), during a special operation carried out in the sea area of Alankuda in Norochcholai, Kalpitiya on the morning of 07th March 2023. The consignment was adrift in the sea area when it was spotted by the Navy.

The Navy seized two (02) dinghies with a consignment of contraband goods believed to have smuggled by sea, during a special search operation conducted in the beach area of Mohoththuwaram, Kalpitiya on the evening of 03rd March 2023.

The Navy in coordination with the Police apprehended a person with over 10kg of Kerala cannabis, during a combined operation carried out in Pallemunai, Mannar on the evening of 03rd March 2023.

The Navy seized over 1111kg of smuggled Kendu Leaves during a special search operation carried out at Kandakuda Junction in Kalpitiya on the night of 02nd March 2023. The search also led to apprehend a tipper truck that was prepared to transfer the consignment of Kendu Leaves.

Sri Lanka Navy, in coordination with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Colombo, rendered assistance to bring ashore a non-motorised pleasure craft in distress off the southern coast on 02nd March 2023. The pleasure craft ‘Little Donkey’ belongs to New Zealand was on a marine research as it ran into a defect in its pedal based rowing system. Accordingly, the craft with 02 foreign crew members aboard were safely towed to the Port of Hambantota to fix the issue.

A person transferring 02 parcels stuffed with 04kg of Kerala cannabis by a bus was apprehended during a combined search conducted by the Navy and Police at the Sangupiddi roadblock on the evening of 01st March 2023.

The Sri Lanka Navy seized over 44 kg (wet weight) of Kerala cannabis, during a patrol carried out off the Delft Island in Jaffna on 20th February 2023.