Sri Lanka, Nov. 9 -- Over 800 complaints related to drug use, sale and trafficking have been lodged through the 1818 hotline, introduced to provide information regarding drug trafficking in schools, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala stated.

The Public Security Minister noted that these 800 complaints were received within the past four days.

The Minister made these remarks while participating in the Colombo District operations program under the national initiative "A Nation United" aimed at eradicating drugs from the country, held today (9) at the Colombo District Secretariat.

"We have received information from schools. Since the introduction of the 1818 emergency hotline, around 800 calls have been received within just four d...