INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Police officers have been given instructions to take strict action against drug dealers, addicts and those involved in such activities, in a
bid to curb the increasing level of drug-related offences, Western Province Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Deshabandu
Tennakoon.Speaking to the media in Gampaha, the SDIG stated that due to the significant increase in the number of drug-related offenders and
addicts in several areas, maintaining law and order has become a tedious task for police officers.He further attributed the recent increase
in the number of criminal offences, including burglaries, car thefts and even domestic violence to the rise in the number of persons
addicted to narcotic substances.Accordingly, police officers have been instructed to take strict measures against such offenders, he said,
has been conducted in the Colombo, Kelaniya, Nugegoda and Mt
Lavinia police divisions thus far, while measures are currently underway to extend it to the Negombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Panadura police
