5Kg Heroin, 10KG Opium and 2.2L Drug money recovered
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, March 22-
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state entered 22nd day, Punjab Police on Saturday arrested 75 drug smugglers and recovered 5.2 kg heroin, 10 kg opium and 2.2 lakhs drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 2613 in just 22 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 250 Police teams, comprising over 1700 police personnel, under the supervision of 98 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 536 locations across the state leading to the registration of 51 FIRs across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 601 suspicious persons during the day long operation, he added.