The variety of drivers working autos underneath the affect of narcotic substances has risen sharply, in accordance with Deputy Inspector Normal of Police in command of Visitors Management and Street Security, W.P.J. Seneviratne.
The Deputy Inspector Normal acknowledged that, inside the previous 4 months, authorized motion has been instituted in opposition to 4,750 drivers who had been arrested for driving after utilizing medicine.
He additional famous that this represents a big enhance in comparison with earlier years.
He added that steady operations are being carried out to determine drivers engaged in passenger transport whereas underneath the affect of medicine, utilizing the cellular laboratory of the Nationwide Transport Medical Institute.
