MALDIVES DEFENCE ATTACHE IN SRI LANKA CALLS ON THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF SRI LANKA COAST GUARD
The Maldives Defence Attache Colonel Ismail Naseer paid an introductory call on the Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake, RSP & Bar, USP, psc on 21st December 2020 at Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Headquarters, Wellawatte.
SRI LANKA COAST GUARD APPREHENDED A FSHING VESSEL WITH ILLEGALLY HARVESTED SHARK FINS
Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Mirissa fishery harbour for fishery monitoring and regulating duties, apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with six fishermen in possession of illegally harvested 31 no’s (approx. 2.8kg) of Blue Shark fins on 18th December 2020.
SLCG FOILS A SMUGGLING ATTEMPT BY SEIZING OVER 765 KG OF DRIED TURMERIC
SLCG seized a consignment of approx. 765 kg of dried turmeric while attempting to be smuggled into the Island by sea near Kadawtha, Wennapuwa on 01st December 2020.
NEWLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL - SLCG CALLS ON THE COMMANDER OF THE NAVY
The Newly appointed Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Navy, Vce Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne at the Naval Headquarters, on 02nd November 2020.
SLCG THWARTS SMUGGLING ATTEMPT BY APPREHENDING A SUSPECT WITH A STOCK OF DRIED TURMERIC AND CARDOMOM
Coast Guard personnel attached to Western Region seized a smuggled consignment of dried pieces of Turmeric and Cardamom packed in polythene sacks while loading to a truck near Ging Oya Moya on 02nd November 2020.
SLCG RESCUED HUNDREDS OF PILOT WHALES STRANDED ON PANADURA BEACH
Coast Guard personnel attached to Western Region with the assistance of Sri Lanka Navy, Department of Wildlife and many volunteers in the area saved over hundreds of stranded Pilot whales beached in Panadura beach on 03rd November 2020.
SLCG SEIZED OVER 5000 KG OF SMUGGLED DRIED TURMERIC IN MANNAR
A Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) attached to the Western Region of Sri Lanka Coast Guard arrested 02 Indian boats with a consignment over 5000kg of dried turmeric being smuggled into Sri Lanka in two occasions in consecutive days.
SRI LANKA COAST GUARD APPREHENDED ILLEGALLY CAUGHT DOLPHIN FLESH AND SHARK FINS
Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Codbay fishery harbour in Trincomalee for fishing monitoring duties, arrested six fishermen with illegally caught 06 kg of dried Dolphin flesh and 12 no’s of Shark fins on 21st October 2020 during a search operation carried out on board a Multiday fishing trawler on arrival harbour. Apprehended items had been hidden in a fertilizer sack and in a secret place before they were found by the Coast Guard personnel.
SRI LANKA COAST GUARD APPREHENDS 111 KG OF KERALA CANNABIS IN NORTHERN SEAS
A Fast Patrol Boat (FPB) attached to the Northern Region of Sri Lanka Coast Guard recovered 05 sacks of Kerala Cannabis at North of Kovilan sea area on 11th October 2020.
COMMODORE ANURA EKANAYAKE ASSUMES DUTIES AS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF SRI LANKA COAST GUARD
Commodore Anura Ekanayake has been appointed as the 6th Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard with effect from 01st October 2020. Accordingly, former Director General Rear Admiral Samantha Wimalathunge officially handed over the duties of the position to the new Director General at the Coast Guard Headquarters on 01st October 2020.