Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh :
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” to eradicate drug menace from state entered 30th day, Punjab Police on Sunday arrested 72 drug smugglers and recovered 8.8 kg heroin, 500 kg ganja and 99410 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 4614 in just 30 days.
The operation was conducted on the directions of DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav simultaneously in all 28 Police districts of the state.
Divulging details, Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla informed that over 200 Police teams, comprising over 1100 police personnel, under the supervision of 82 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 391 locations across the state leading to the registration of 49 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 435 suspicious persons during the day long operation, he added.