Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, April 1-
Continuing the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged to eradicate drug menace from state consecutively for the 32nd day, Punjab Police on Tuesday conducted a CASO at all the Railway Stations across the state.
The operation was carried out in all the 28 Police districts on the directions of DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav.
Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla, who was personally monitoring this state-level operation, said that all the CPs/SSPs were asked to ensure heavy deployment of police force under the supervision of SP rank officers to make this operation successful.
He said that around 1925 people were checked during the operation conducted at around 147 railway stations in the state. Six suspicious persons were also rounded up for questioning during the operation, he added.
Apart from this, Police teams have continued its drive against drugs and conducted raids at 490 locations on Tuesday leading to the arrest of 40 drug smugglers after registration of 28 FIRs across the state. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 4690 within 32 days.