Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, April 11-
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state entered 42nd day, Punjab Police on Friday arrested 109 drug smugglers and recovered 2.9 kg heroin, 1.6 kg opium, 350 kg poppy husk, and 26220 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 5770 in just 42 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 1300 police personnel, under the supervision of 97 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 518 locations across the state leading to the registration of 73 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 569 suspicious persons during the day long operation, he added.
