DAY 105 OF ‘YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH’: 158 DRUG SMUGGLERS HELD WITH 1.9KG HEROIN, 1KG OPIUM
— AS PART OF ‘DE-ADDICTION’, PUNJAB POLICE CONVINCE 65 PERSONS TO UNDERGO DE-ADDICTION TREATMENT
CHANDIGARH, June 14 (WISHAVWARTA):-With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state completed 105 days, Punjab Police on Thursday arrested 158 drug smugglers and recovered 1.9 kg heroin, 1 kg opium, 2.8 kg ganja and Rs 36340 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 17,484 in just 105 days.
The operation was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav simultaneously in all 28 Police districts of the state.
Notably, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann has asked the Commissioners of Police, Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendent of Police to make Punjab drug free state. The Punjab government has also constituted a 5-member Cabinet Sub Committee led by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema to monitor the war against drugs.
Divulging details, Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla informed that over 250 Police teams, comprising over 1700 police personnel, under the supervision of 112 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 531 locations across the state leading to the registration of 116 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 582 suspicious persons during the day-long operation, he added.
The Special DGP said that with the state government has enforced a three-pronged strategy— Enforcement, Deaddiction and Prevention (EDP)— to eradicate drugs from the state, the Punjab Police as part of ‘De-addiction’ has convinced 65 persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment today.
