Sri Lanka, June 5 -- Police have seized 19 firearms, T-56 ammunition, crystal methamphetamine (Ice), and more than 100,000 Pregabalin pills following a two-week investigation that uncovered a suspected drug and weapons trafficking network operating between the Southern and Western provinces.

The haul was recovered from a house in Dematagoda on Wednesday by officers of the Western Province North Crimes Division.

According to Police, the operation was launched following a series of narcotics investigations carried out in May. On May 12, officers arrested a suspect in Ragama in possession of crystal methamphetamine and heroin.

A second suspect was taken into custody in Peliyagoda on May 18 with more than 1.5 kilograms of crystal methamph...