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Last Updated : 2024-04-26 06:07:00
Australia has gifted Sri Lankan police five drones to monitor people smuggling between the two countries.
It’s part of a wider project to help Sri Lanka establish a “drone surveillance capability” that will also conduct natural disaster scene assessments and recovery and transnational crime investigations.
The commander of Joint Agency Task Force Operation Sovereign Borders, Rear Admiral Mark Hill, said, “Working together, Australia and Sri Lanka send a strong message that people smugglers and potential illegal immigrants considering illegal travel to Australia by boat have zero chance of success.”
AFP Senior Officer Sri Lanka, Rob Wilson, said the drones can identify people smuggling in otherwise hard to access areas and provide assistance for search and rescue operations.
Operation Sovereign Borders is a military border security operation located primarily within the Department of Home Affairs but supported by a range of federal government agencies.
In February, Australian Aviation reported how a RAN robotics team developed a drone prototype that can be autonomously dispatched to record critical incidents and beam the footage back to the ship. (Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)
Gunda Wednesday, 14 April 2021 03:41 PM
Drones for the SL Police. What a joke !!!!!!!!
Colin Thursday, 15 April 2021 08:57 AM
Can't we use these drones to monitor the Indian Trawlers who encroach our territorial waters and steal our fish the loss which is estimated to be several billions of rupees.
BuffaloaCitizen Thursday, 15 April 2021 08:59 AM
Like giving a garland to a monkey, it will be used for everything else other than its actual purpose.
Romesh Thursday, 15 April 2021 11:38 AM
What is the Navy doing about Indian fisherman encroaching our waters?
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