Another 785 suspects have been arrested by Sri Lanka’s police and security forces personnel within 24 hours which ended at 12.30 a.m. today (Feb.07). The arrests were made as part of the ongoing countrywide anti-drug operation ‘Yukthiya’.
Among the arrestees are 596 suspects who were taken into custody on narcotics-related charges and 189 others who were on the list of wanted criminal suspects.
Detention orders have been secured against 7 of the drug suspects, while 4 others were referred to rehabilitation centres, the Ministry of Public Security said.
According to the ministry, the narcotics taken into custody during this period include 128g of heroin, 115g of crystal methamphetamine (Ice), 8.6kg of cannabis and 138,676 cannabis plants.
Over 57,000 suspects and narcotics worth more than Rs. 7.7 billion have been arrested in less than two months since the launch of the ongoing operation ‘Yukthiya’.
Accordingly, 56,541 suspects have been arrested by police and security personnel, while narcotics worth Rs. 7,733 million were seized in the first 50 days of the special operation.
The seized narcotics include over 142kg of heroin, 208kg of crystal methamphetamine (Ice), 974g of cocaine, 44kg of ‘Hash’, 2,678kg of cannabis, 4.34 million cannabis plants, 2kg of ‘Kush’ cannabis and 360,000 narcotic pills.
