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Navy arrests three local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Mahanaga in Panama arrested three local fishermen with an FGD engaged in illegal fishing between Sangamankanda and Thirukkovil sea areas on 12th March 2016....
2016-03-13
Twenty eight Indian fishermen are arrested for poaching in Sri Lankan waters
Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Department of Coast Guard to arrest 28 Indian fishermen who were poaching, in three separate incidents, yesterday (12) in Sri Lankan waters....
2016-03-13
Forty two sailors of artificer branch are awarded Diploma Certificates
Forty two sailors of naval artificer branch were awarded diploma certificates on successful completion of their course of study....
2016-03-11
Navy apprehends 24 local fisherman engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel apprehended 24 local fisherman engaged in illegal fishing in two separate incidents on 10th March 2016....
2016-03-11
Navy arrests 20 persons engaged in illegal harvesting of sea cucumbers
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Welusumana in Northern Naval Area attested 20 persons along with a haul of 220 kgs of Sea Cucumbers, harvested illegally in Pallekuda beach area on 9th March 2016....
2016-03-11
Navy arrests 02 persons with 621kg of smuggled sea cucumbers worth Rs 10 million
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya in Kalpitiya arrested two (2) persons with an illegal haul of 621 kilograms of sea cucumbers at Kirimundalam, Kalpitiya, on 09th March 2016. ...
2016-03-11
Navy installs a Reverse Osmosis plant in Vavunia
At an invitation of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne the Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi declared open an RO plant for public use in Irattai Periyakulam in Vavunia today (10). ...
2016-03-10
Navy arrests 18 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel arrested 18 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing in two separate incidents on 9th March 2016. ...
2016-03-10
Four Indian fishermen arrested in Northern seas
Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrest four Indian fishermen along with an Indian fishing trawler poaching in Sri Lankan waters West of Karainagar Island on 9th March 2016....
2016-03-10
Royal Navy Omani Ship "Sadah" arrives at the Port of Colombo
The Royal Navy Omani Ship "Sadah" arrived at the Port of Colombo on 8th March 2016 on a goodwill visit....
2016-03-08
Commander of the Navy visits the Agricultural Exhibition
The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne visited the Sri Lanka Navy's exhibition stall at the Agricultural Educational Trade Exhibition held in BMICH, today (7)....
2016-03-07
Navy apprehends 2 persons with 6.94 kgs of gold worth Rs. 34.5 million
Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 2 persons, in Madugal area Jaffna, while attempting to smuggle 6.94 kgs of gold worth Rs. 34.5 million by a fishing boat. The suspects were on an attempt to transfer the stock of gold by means of a dinghy in disguise pretending they were fishermen. ...
2016-03-06
Navy divers recover two dead bodies of drowned persons
Navy divers attached to the South-Eastern Naval Command recovered two dead bodies of a man and woman drowned in Kottukalli waters Ampara, yesterday morning (5)....
2016-03-06
Twenty-nine Indian fishermen arrested in Sri Lankan waters
Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrested 29 Indian fishermen along with one Indian fishing trawler with 9 fishermen North of Thalai-mannar and 3 Indian fishing dhows and 20 Indian fishermen North-west of Kudiremalai Point, poaching in Sri Lankan waters on 5th March 2016. ...
2016-03-06
Navy apprehends 17 illegal migrants heading to Australia
The naval crew onboard ship SLNS Samudura, apprehended 17 Sri Lankans who were on an attempt to heading towards Australia on 5th March 2016 at 2.30 am in the seas 40 NMs off the Galle lighthouse....
2016-03-05
