Presiding over a high-level meeting of senior officers of Police and other departments here today, the Chief Minister instructed to take stringent action against the drug peddlers and categorically stated that no one involved in the drug trade will be spared.
Shimla district police have dismantled an inter-state drug trafficking network operating between Kolkata and Himachal Pradesh, leading to the arrest of 17 individuals. The gang used an online trading mechanism to supply narcotics across the state.
In a significant breakthrough against a trans-border narcotic network, the Special Task Force (SSOC) Amritsar has dismantled a heroin smuggling operation, seizing 6 kilograms of heroin along with 67 live cartridges, 2 magazines, and 6 mobile phones, as per an official information by the Punj
Amidst the ongoing war against drugs waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Counter Intelligence Amritsar has seized over Rs 1.07 crore drug money and apprehended two operatives of foreign-based top drug smugglers Gurjant Singh alias Bholu and Kinderbir Singh alias Sunny Dy
An FIR has been registered against the accused and further backward linkages are being investigated to incapacitate the illegal arms and drug cartels, police said.
In a post shared on the social media platform X, Gaurav Yadav, Director General of Police, Punjab, said that the police have also recovered 3 kilogrammes of heroin as well as two pistols.
In a major breakthrough, AGTF, Punjab, in collaboration with central agencies, apprehended Kailash Khichan, a crucial operative associated with Pakistan-based terrorist Harvinder Singh and USA-based Harpreet Singh.
In a breakthrough against the drug network, Raipur police have arrested a youth for allegedly peddling cannabis in an ambulance and recovered over 364 kilograms of cannabis (psychotropic drugs from the emergency vehicle in Raipur.
"It's not a small case, 60kgs of drug(heroin) being trafficked over one year by just one network is a huge case", the DGP said adding that almost 400 crores rupees of drugs trafficked by just one network is huge.
The Anti-Narcotic Task Force (ANTF) of the Chandigarh Police on Saturday said it has arrested a prime accused believed to be the high profile hawala operator and mastermind of many shell companies having links with the International drug money transfer network in Punjab and Chandigarh.
Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested six persons and seized 15,000 blots of LSD drug which is 2.5 thousand more than the commercial quantity, informed the officials on Tuesday.
According to Poonch Senior Superintendent of Police, a case has been registered against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.