In separate operations conducted by the Navy from 01 to 10 Aug 25, sixteen (16) individuals involved in various illegal fishing activities were apprehended along with 06 dinghies and a traditional boat (01) in multiple locations across the island.

Search operations conducted by the Navy in the Negombo, Puttalam and Kalpitiya areas from 01 to 10 Aug 25 led to the seizure of over 1590kg of smuggled Kendu leaves. The operations also resulted in the apprehension of 01 suspect and 02 dinghies in connection to the illegal acts.

A fire that broke out on a fishing trawler in the shipyard at the Galle Fisheries Harbour was swiftly brought under control on 10 Aug 25 with the assistance of Sri Lanka Navy firefighters.

During an operation conducted on 09 Aug 25, the Sri Lanka Navy seized an Indian fishing boat (01) and apprehended 07 Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, north of Mannar.

A coordinated search operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy and the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) near the Salgadu Stadium in Anuradhapura on 04 Aug 25 led to the arrest of 02 suspects in possession of approx. 29kg and 901g of Kerala cannabis. The operation also resulted in the seizure of a car used to smuggle narcotics.

During an operation conducted in the dark hours of 05 Aug 25, the Sri Lanka Navy seized 01 Indian fishing boat and apprehended 10 Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, off the Baththalangunduwa Island in Kalpitiya

A search operation conducted by the Navy near the Aliyaveli lagoon of Kadeikadu, Jaffna on 04 Aug 25 resulted in the seizure of about 102kg and 350g (wet weight) of Kerala cannabis.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාව යාපනය කඩෙයිකාඩු අලියාවේලි කලපුව අසල ප්‍රදේශයේ සිදුකල විශේෂ සෝදිසි මෙහෙයුමකදී, රුපියල් මිලියන විසිතුනකට (23) අධික දළ වීථි වටිනාකමකින් යුත් කේරළ කංසා කිලෝ එකසිය දෙකයි (102) ග්‍රෑම් තුන්සිය පනහක (350) පමණ තොගයක් (තෙත බර සහිත) 2025 අගෝස්තු මස 04 වැනි දින නාවික හමුදා භාරයට ගැනීමට කටයුතු කෙරිණි.

The Sri Lanka Navy seized an Indian fishing boat (01) and apprehended four (04) Indian fishermen, while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters off the Delft Island, Jaffna in the dark hours of 03 Aug 25.

In separate operations conducted by the Navy in coordination with the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources from 23 to 31 Jul 25, twenty-two (22) individuals involved in various illegal fishing activities were apprehended along with 05 dinghies in multiple locations across the island. Additionally, 01 person with 210 unauthorized fishing nets were nabbed during another operation conducted with the Police.