Police arrests 3,666 suspects in 12 hours islandwide raid

10 June 2018 08:12 pm

17,687 Policemen, under the supervision of Provincial DIGs and guidance of IGP Pujith Jayasundara, engaged in an islandwide raid from 9pm yesterday to 8am today and arrested 3,666 alleged suspects, Police Media Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.

Among them 648 were arrested for drunk driving.

During the raid Police had arrested nine suspect who were in possession of fire arms without a valid license and another with a live hand grenade.

Accordingly, police had arrested 998 warranted suspects and 1.090 suspects in connection with other criminal offenses during the raid.

They had also arrested 843 suspects in possession with heroin or other illegal narcotics while another 77 were taken into custody for  consuming alcohol in public venues and several other offenses.

Over 6,012 suspects have been charged for road traffic violations. (Thilanka Kanakarathna)