COLOMBO (News1st): More than 200 individuals have been arrested for committing narcotic-related offences during the last 24 hours in the Western Province.

The operation to arrest the suspects had been carried out upon the instructions of Senior DIG of the Western Province Deshabandu Tennakoon.

Police said that narcotics such as heroin, ice, and cannabis, had been seized from the suspects during the operation.

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