Sri Lanka Navy
Security News
Naval Troops arrest a Person with Cannabis and Pampara
12-May-13 14:30
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya of the North Western Naval Command on information received arrested a person with 61.770 kilograms of cannabis (Kerala Ganja) and 25160 packets Pampara hidden in the jungle at Periya Arichchal Island on 11th May 2013.
66 Australia bound Persons intercepted in South Western Seas
06-May-13 16:08
Sri Lanka Navy intercepted 66 Tamil persons illegally bound for Australia from India in a multi-day trawler on 06th May 2013.
Navy salvages Lion Air Wreckage
05-May-13 14:55
Sri Lanka Navy salvaged the wreckage of the Lion Air Antonov 24 aircraft, which had crashed into the sea due to a missile attack launched by the LTTE terrorists on 29th September 1998.
Navy arrests 05 Persons attempting to enter Sri Lanka illegally
01-May-13 12:25
Naval troops attached to SLNS Thammanna of the North Central Naval Command arrested 05 persons in the General Area Urumalai on 29th April 2013 attempting to enter Sri Lanka illegally.
Navy assists in the Repatriation of 05 Sri Lankan Fishermen
29-Apr-13 16:06
Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard assisted in the repatriation of 05 Sri Lankan fishermen on 29th April 2013.
Navy busts Indo-Sri Lanka Cross-border Cannabis Smuggling Racket
26-Apr-13 09:57
55 Australia bound Persons intercepted in Negombo Seas
23-Apr-13 09:43
80 Australia bound Persons intercepted in Northern Seas
21-Apr-13 12:21
61 Australia bound Persons intercepted in Eastern Seas
18-Apr-13 18:02
Events
Sri Lanka Navy takes part in Forth Anniversary National Victory Parade
18-May-13 14:09
"It follows than as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious." -President George Washington
Tribute paid to War Heroes
17-May-13 18:27
Commemoration ceremonies were held in front of the War Hero’s monuments at Killinochchi and Galle on 09th and 16th May 2013 respectively.
