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Combine Exercises

March 01, 2021

The Sri Lanka Navy’s Special Boat Squadron (SBS) successfully concluded the Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) Visit Board Search & Seizure (VBSS) Course in Trincomalee, last week (19 Feb).

This course has been conducted under the supervision of the Global Maritime Crime Programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

The objective of the course was to impart trainees a comprehensive knowledge on VBSS Operations, Boarding Team Procedure and Maritime Law Enforcement Operations (MLEO), especially in possible IED environments.