5.6 KG Heroin, 1.93 Lakh drug money recovered
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, April 3-
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of CM Mann to eradicate drug menace from state entered 34th day, Punjab Police on Thursday arrested 52 drug smugglers and recovered 5.6 kg heroin, 3.2 kg opium and 1.93 lakh drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 4817 in just 34 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 1200 police personnel, under the supervision of 87 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 416 locations across the state leading to the registration of 34 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 449 suspicious persons during the day long operation, he added.
The Special DGP said that with the state government has enforced a three-pronged strategy EDP to eradicate drugs from the state, the Punjab Police as part of‘De-addiction’ has convinced three persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment.