Naval personnel attached to SLNS Kanchadewa of the Northern Naval Command on received information arrested eleven persons who were illegally harvesting sea cucumber at Melinchimunai on 09th May 2012.
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Kanchadewa of the Northern Naval Command arrested a person who was illegally transporting 787 no’s of sea cucumbers in a vehicle at Merinchimunai on 07th May 2012.
Sri Lanka Navy's Rapid Response Rescue and Release Squadron (4Rs) rescued a person from drowning in Kalu Ganga at Kaluthara on 02nd May 2012. The victim had fallen into the river from the Kaluthara Railway Bridge. He is a 56 year old resident at Waskaduwa.
Sri Lanka Navy assisted an Indian salvage team for the salvage of Indian fishing trawler bearing the Registration Number TN/06/MFB/714 in the seas off Delft in Northern Sri Lanka. The assistance was rendered on humanitarian grounds in response to a request made by the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka.
The rehashed allegation in international media that the Sri Lankan Armed Forces used cluster munitions during the Humanitarian Operations is baseless.
With a dazzling display of muscle power and physical fitness which impressed the judges, Sri Lanka Navy won the first and second places at the Sri Lanka Top 20 Body Building Championship held at the Matara Uyanwatte Sports Grounds on 28th April 2012.
First Lady Madam Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa, who is an Advisor to the United Nations Programme for Child and Child Nutrition related to Thalassemia in South Asia as well as Thalassemia Prevention in Sri Lanka, handed over the 2nd consignment of Thalassemia Drug Infusion Systems produced by the Sri Lanka Navy to Government Hospitals at a function held at the Naval Headquarters on 16th May 2012.