A total of 1,019 persons were arrested in a special crimes prevention operation conducted in the Western Province on Saturday.
Police said the operation was conducted from 7 a.m to 5 p.m under the instructions of Western Province Senior DIG Deshabandu Thennakoon.
Accordingly, a total of 468 suspects against whom arrest warrants had been issued were arrested while 393 suspects were arrested in connection with other criminal offences during the raid.(DSB)