A total of 1,024 additional drug suspects have been taken into custody within a 24-hour period that concluded at 12:30 a.m. today (17) during the nationwide anti-narcotic operation ‘Yukthiya’ by police and security forces.
Of the people who were arrested, 699 were detained on drug-related allegations, while 325 more were listed as sought criminal suspects.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Public Security has issued detention orders against 13 suspects for further interrogations whilst 8 are being transferred for rehabilitation .
The special police operation also resulted in the arrest of 45 suspects who were on the Police Narcotics Bureau and Police Special Task Force's registered suspects list.
The Ministry of Public Security reported that during this 24-hour period, drugs including 227g of heroin, 168g of crystal methamphetamine (Ice), 8 kg of cannabis, 13,892 cannabis plants, and 647 prescription tablets were taken into custody.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
Speaker (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne to announced to the Parliament regarding the vacant seat created in Parliament due to the resignation of Mohamed Sali Naleem from his position as a Member of Parliament.
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