Over 2000 drug traffickers and narcotic users have been arrested in raids conducted island-wide during the past 24 hours, police said.
Police said 2296 suspects with stocks of narcotic substances confiscated.
Over one kilogramme of heroin, 648g of crystal meth (Ice), 11 kilogrammes of cannabis, 253g of hashish, 46kg of mawa, 73g of ash, 90g of kush cannabis, 831g of thool( an illegal drug made with tobacco powder), 19,507 narcotic and psychotropic pills and 126,060 cannabis plants were taken into custody during search operations during the 24 hours.
Out of the arrested suspects, 109 have been placed on detention orders, 184 have been referred for rehabilitation, and assets of 14 suspects are being investigated. Police said among the arrested were 218 suspects in the Police Narcotics Bureau’s IRC list.
Police launched an island-wide operation on drug traffickers for a week’s period starting from Sunday. Police sources said over 6,000 suspects have been arrested during the past three days.
Meanwhile, over 18,000 pills valued Rs.2.1 million were confiscated in a special operation conducted by the Special Task Force’s Northern province operation team.
Two suspects from Mannar who were involved in smuggling the drugs were arrested.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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