5.53L Drug money recovered
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, April 2-
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state entered 33rd day, Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested 59 drug smugglers and recovered 1.6 kg heroin and 5.53 lakh drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 4765 in just 33 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 1400 police personnel, under the supervision of 91 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 497 locations across the state leading to the registration of 36 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 546 suspicious persons during the day long operation, he added.
The Special DGP said that with the state government has enforced a three-pronged strategy— Enforcement, Deaddiction and Prevention (EDP)— to eradicate drugs from the state, the Punjab Police as part of ‘De-addiction’ has convinced four persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment.