Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, March 12-
Continuing the war against drugs from state consecutively for the 12th day, Punjab Police on Wednesday conducted raids at 543 locations leading to the arrest of 118 drug smugglers after registration of 71 FIRs across the state. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 1658 in just 12 days.
Police teams have also recovered 994 grams heroin, 4633 intoxicant tablets/pills/injections and Rs 1.47 lakh drug money from the possession of arrested drug smugglers. 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 250 Police teams, comprising over 1600 police personnel, under the supervision of 102 gazetted officers have conducted raids across the state and checked as many as 659 suspicious persons during the day long operation. He said that Punjab Police has devised a comprehensive strategy and such operations will be continued till the scourge of drugs eradicated from the state.