Operation leads to registration of 53 FIR's, Recovery of 8.2kg Heroin, 4.5KG Opium and 1.04lakh Drug money
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, March 6-
Continuing the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged by CM Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state consecutively for the sixth day, Punjab Police conducted raids at 501 locations on Thursday leading to the arrest of 75 drug smugglers after registration of 53 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 622 in just six days.
The raids have resulted in recovery of 8.2 kg heroin, 4.5 kg opium, 1294 intoxicant tablets/pills/injections and Rs 1.04 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 1700 police personnel, under the supervision of 108 gazetted officers have conducted raids across the state and checked as many as 635 suspicious persons during the day long operation.