— PUNJAB POLICE COMMITTED TO MAKING PUNJAB A DRUG-FREE STATE AS PER DIRECTIONS OF CM BHAGWANT SINGH MANN
— OVER 180 POLICE TEAMS LED BY 85 SP/DSP RANK OFFICERS CHECKED 537 SUSPICIOUS PERSONS: SPL DGP ARPIT SHUKLA
CHANDIGARH, April 20:
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state entered 51st day, Punjab Police on Sunday arrested 79 drug smugglers and recovered 11.5 lakh intoxicant tablets/capsules, 690 grams heroin and Rs 4.40 lakh drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 6822 in just 51 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 180 Police teams, comprising over 1400 police personnel, under the supervision of 85 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 483 locations across the state leading to the registration of 52 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 537 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 seven persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment.
