SLCG ARRESTED A PERSON WITH TIPPER WHILE ILLEGALLY MINING SEA SAND NEAR KIRINDA BEACH

Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG)personnel deployed at Coast Guard Station Kirinda arrested a person while loading illegally mined sea sand to a tipper near Kirinda beach (locally known as Boraluwala) at 0130hours early morning on 6th February 2019. Arrested person (21-year-old male) and the tipper handed over to Kirinda police station for further investigation and legal action.

Shore sand mining is prohibited and regulated under Mines and Mineral, Act, No. 33 of 1992 and Coast Conservation (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 2011. SLCG is always rendering necessary assistance in the preservation and protection of the maritime and marine environment as a part of the responsibility.