Navy arrests 06 persons with 486 conch shells
 

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya of the North-Western Naval Command on information received arrested 06 persons with 486 conch shells in the general area of Sinnakudirippu in Kalpitiya on 19th January 2015. Twenty oxygen cylinders, 05 pairs of diving fins, 07 diving masks, 06 regulators, 06 backpacks along with 02 FGDs were also taken into naval custody. The arrested persons with the items were handed over to the Puttalam Assistant Fisheries Director for further action.

Meanwhile naval troops attached to SLNS Vijayaba of the Eastern Naval Command on information received recovered 05 Gelignite sticks, 05 safety fuses and 05 non-electrical detonators in Adukkupadu on 18th January 2015. It is suspected that the explosives had been hidden to be used for illegal fishing.