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COLOMBO, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Over 6,000 drivers have been arrested in Sri Lanka over the last three weeks after police launched a special island-wide operation to nab drunk drivers since July 5, police said in a statement here Tuesday.
A total of 6,315 drivers were arrested from across the country as of Tuesday afternoon, in the special operations which will end on Aug. 5.
Police Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara said the drunk drivers would be fined 25,000 Sri Lankan rupees (about 142.94 U.S. dollars) and police officers who arrested the drunk drivers will also be rewarded.
Road accidents claimed over 3,000 lives in Sri Lanka last year.
