A total of 667 suspects have been arrested during the islandwide operation 'Yukthiya' within the last 24 hours, the Public Security Ministry said.
They said 559 suspects have been arrested over drug offenses and 108 suspects who were on the list referred to Crime OICs of police station were also arrested accordingly.
Among the 559 suspects arrested over drug offences, 03 drug addicts have been referred for rehabilitation.
Meanwhile, 7 suspects who were on the wanted list of the Police Narcotics Bureau and Police Special Bureau were also arrested.
Also, among the 324 arrested suspects in the list sent to the criminal division, there are 09 who had pending open warrants over drug offenses and 97 open warrants over non-drug offenses.
