Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, March 31-
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged to eradicate drug menace from state entered 31st day, Punjab Police on Monday arrested 48 drug smugglers and recovered 16.7 kg heroin and 34300 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 4640 in just 31 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 99 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 518 locations across the state leading to the registration of 35 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 608 suspicious persons during the day long operation, he added.
