Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa assured to destroy illegal drugs, narcotics and illegal weapons, in the manner in which terrorism which plagued the country for 30 years was routed.
In a special interview with ITN, he said the security sectors were geared to take up the challenge. He also said major operations were launched during this period as well as in the past to apprehend many underworld gang members and also seize their weapons.
"Also major operations were being carried out in relation to narcotics. Not only the Police, but the Army and even the Navy were engaged in such operations. Narcotics is a menace threatening the entire world. This is a great challenge", he said.
He assured that as terrorism was wiped out from the country, they would eliminate the underworld and also wipe out the drug menace. " We have that even the specially trained troops had been deployed for these operations. I am confident that they would succeed in ending this menace in the future", he said.