(MOREPIC1) Face2News/Chandigarh
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state completed 116 days, Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested 153 drug smugglers and recovered 1.8 kg heroin, 2.4 kg opium and Rs 28890 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 19,185 in just 116 days.
The operation was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav simultaneously in all 28 Police districts of the state.
Notably, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann has asked the Commissioners of Police, Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendent of Police to make Punjab drug free state. The Punjab government has also constituted a 5-member Cabinet Sub Committee led by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema to monitor the war against drugs.
Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla informed that over 200 Police teams, comprising over 1600 police personnel, under the supervision of 102 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 533 locations across the state leading to the registration of 104 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 545 suspicious persons during the day-long operation, he added.
