Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Karunasena Hettiarachchi has said that the Ministry of Defense has stepped in to advise the police on how to get rid of underworld gangs.

The secretary also noted that a large number of arms and ammunition were surrendered during an amnesty period to hand in unregistered an illegal weapons.

He went on to say that the police will continuously strive to eradicate underworld gangs as well as illegally-owned weapons.