SRI LANKA COAST GUARD APPREHENDED A FISHING VESSEL WITH ILLEGALLY HARVESTED DRIED SHARK FINS
Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Galle Fishery Harbour for fishery monitoring and regulating duties apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with 06 fishermen in possession of illegally harvested Shark fins on 26th November 2022.
THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA PAID A COURTESY CALL TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE SRI LANKA COAST GUARD
H.E. Dewi Gustina Tobing the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia paid a courtesy call to the Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Admiral Pujitha Vithana, at his office at the Sri Lanka Coast Guard Headquarters, Udupila, Mirissa on 23rd November 2022.
Coast Guard personnel attached to the Coast Guard Station Beruwala arrested a person in possession of Kerala Cannabis inside a traveling bag onboard a Fishing Vessel at the Beruwala Fishery Harbour on 21st November 2022.
The Lifesavers attached to Sri Lanka Coast Guard Lifesaving Post, Pasikuda beach saved a local during a successful rescue attempt on 21st November 2022.
The Lifesavers attached to Sri Lanka Coast Guard Lifesaving Post, Mirissa beach saved a local during a successful rescue attempt on 20th November 2022.
The Lifesavers attached to Sri Lanka Coast Guard Lifesaving Post, Benthota beach saved three local surf bathers during a successful rescue attempt on 20th November 2022.
The Lifesavers attached to Sri Lanka Coast Guard Lifesaving Post, Mount Lavinia beach saved two locals during a successful rescue attempt on 20th November 2022.
COAST GUARD RESCUED A RUSSIAN NATIONAL FROM DROWNING
The Lifesavers attached to Sri Lanka Coast Guard Lifesaving Post, Bentota beach saved a Russian national during a successful rescue attempt on 19th November 2022.
NEWLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL-SRI LANKA COAST GUARD CALLS ON STATE MINISTER OF DEFENCE
The newly appointed Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Admiral Pujitha Vithana, USP, ndu paid a courtesy call on the State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at his office located at the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) premises in Colombo on 16 th November 2022.
SRI LANKA COAST GUARD ARRESTED SIX FISHERMEN WITH ILLEGALLY HARVESTED DOLPHIN FLESH
Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Beruwala Fishery Harbour combined with intelligence staff arrested 06 fishermen along with illegally harvested Dolphin flesh (Around 200 kg) while carrying out arrival inspections on 16th November 2022.