[Sri Lanka] - 1,133 more drug suspects jailed as operation Yukthiya continues

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lanka Police, together with the Special Task Force (STF), the Army and the Navy, have arrested 1,133 more suspects within the 24-hour
window ending at 12:30 a.m
today (Jan.06).It is reported that 38 of the arrestees were sent to rehabilitation centres
The police have secured detention orders on 54 suspects for further interrogations.According to the Ministry of Public Security, 405g of
Criminals are also among the recent arrestees.Sri Lanka Police has set up a hotline (0718598800) for the public to provide information
concerning the ongoing anti-drug operation
The hotline was introduced under the directive of the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon.The island-wide
operation was launched in late December 2023, on the instructions of Public Security Minister Tiran Alles and Acting IGP Deshabandu
Tennakoon, in a bid to eradicate drug trafficking, organized crime and other related offences in the country.