Sri Lanka, Aug. 31 -- Authorities have arrested more than 260,000 suspects and seized over 18 metric tonnes of illicit drugs for the past ten months, from October 30, 2025 when the "Ratama Ekata" (Nation United) national operation commenced until yesterday (30).

This massive haul of narcotics was recovered through more than 262,000 raids. Police reports indicate that this is the largest quantity of drugs ever confiscated in the country's history.

Discover more Political Government cricketer The seizure of illicit substances during the 10-month operation includes substantial quantities of various drugs recovered across thousands of raids. Officers seized over 2,266 kg of heroin across 84,411 separate raids, while crystal methamphetamine ...