Sri Lanka, June 23 -- Police arrested 973 suspects and seized over 45 kilogrammes of different types of drugs from 991 raids conducted across the country on Sunday (21) under the "Ratama Ekata" operation.

In addition, Police said more than 27,000 inspections were carried out nationwide.

During the operations, officers seized approximately 464 grammes of heroin, five kilogrammes and 63 grammes of methamphetamine (Ice), one kilogramme and 363 grammes of hashish, and over one gramme of Kush.

Police also confiscated 35 kilogrammes and 812 grammes of Madana Modaka, four kilogrammes and 244 milligrammes of Mawa, 2,177 narcotic pills, and a staggering 2,514,631 cannabis plants.

Following the raids, Police launched investigations into the ill...