Navy apprehends a group of persons for loading sand without permit

Navy apprehended a group of persons for illegal loading of sand, on 07^th March 2020.

Sri Lanka Navy regularly conducts operations to curb the illegal activities and as an extension of it, a team of Naval personnel attached to Eastern Naval Command apprehend 20 persons who were loading sand without a permit at Sembalthetti area in Trincomalee. The suspects were identified as residents of Trincomalee and Kinniya areas aged 20 to 49.

Four (04) tractors with trailer, instruments used by them and about 03 cubes of sand were also taken into Naval custody. The suspects, tractors with trailer, instruments used for loading and sand were handed over to Kinniya Police for onward legal action.