Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh:
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged by CM Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state entered 16th day, Punjab Police conducted raids at 424 locations on Sunday leading to the arrest of 63 drug smugglers after registration of 45 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 2012 in just 16 days.
Police teams have also recovered 385 grams heroin, 19 kg poppy husk, 2673 intoxicant tablets/pills/injections and Rs 15600 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 200 Police teams, comprising over 1400 police personnel, under the supervision of 98 gazetted officers have conducted raids across the state and checked as many as 593 suspicious persons during the day long operation.
