Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, April 15-
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state entered 46th day, Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested 97 drug smugglers and recovered 1.6 kg heroin and ₹29790 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 6138 in just 46 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 72 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 433 locations across the state leading to the registration of 60 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 475 suspicious persons during the day long operation, he added.