158 smugglers held; over 5kg drugs, Rs 36K seized
Chandigarh: Under the ongoing 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' campaign, the Punjab Police on Friday claimed to have arrested 158 drug smugglers and recovered 1.9 kg of heroin, 1 kg of opium, 2.8 kg of ganja, and Rs 36,340 in drug money from their possession.
These arrests and seizures were made on Thursday. With this, the total number of drug smugglers arrested in the last 105 days has reached 17,484.
Special DGP (Law and Order) Arpit Shukla said over 250 police teams, comprising over 1,700 police personnel, under the supervision of 112 gazetted officers, on Thursday conducted raids at as many as 531 locations across the state, leading to the registration of 116 FIRs across.
Police teams also checked as many as 582 suspicious persons during the day-long operation, he added.
Shukla also said with the state govt adopting a three-pronged strategy — enforcement, de-addiction, and prevention (EDP) — to eradicate drugs from the state, the Punjab Police convinced 65 persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment.
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