Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh -
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state entered 98th day, Punjab Police on Saturday arrested 132 drug smugglers and recovered 1.3 kg heroin and Rs 1.5 lakhs drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 16,296 in just 98 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 1400 police personnel, under the supervision of 96 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 492 locations across the state leading to the registration of 97 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 528 suspicious persons during the day-long operation, he added.