Senior Superintendent of Police Nihal Talduwa said that about 90,000 people have been arrested for possession of heroin, ice and other illegal drugs, so far this year.
108,852 people were arrested with narcotics in the last year’s (2021) raids.
So far this year, 44,995 suspects with 1,427 kilos of heroin have been arrested. Also 33,001 suspects with 9897 kg of cannabis, 26 person for possession of a total of 370 kilogrammes of cocaine, 55 suspects with 39 kilogrammes of Hashish have been arrested.
During this period, 10,164 suspects were arrested along with 108 kg and 185 grams of ice which is a synthetic drug. In addition, 101,036 drug capsules and 98,888 drug tablets, which are considered as synthetic drugs, have been seized along with 322 suspects.