During search operations carried out in the seas off Pulmoddai and Poduwakattu, the Navy apprehended 14 persons for using unauthorized fishing nets to catch fish.

The Navy in coordination with the Police apprehended a person with 43,600 foreign cigarettes at Periyamulla in Negombo on 19^th October 2019.

During search operations conducted in Kalladi and Palchenai in Trincomalee, the Navy held 06 persons for using unauthorized fishing nets to catch fish.

Deputy Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy, Major General (Marine Corps) F.V. Van Sprang met with Commander Eastern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Merril Wickramasinghe at the Eastern Naval Command Headquarters on 19^th October 2019.

The Navy launched another coastal clean-up programme today (20^th October) on beaches located in the southern part of the island.

Galle Dialogue 2019; the International Maritime Conference organized by the Sri Lanka Navy under the auspices of the Ministry of Defence, is all set to begin in Colombo on 21^st October 2019.