Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested 71 drug smugglers and recovered 1.8 kg heroin, 4.9 kg opium, 13362 intoxicant capsules/tablets and Rs 9000 drug money from their possession.
The DGP further mentioned that along with two kg of Heroin, one .32 bore pistol, four live cartidges, two empty shells and a motorcycle were recovered from the possession.
Punjab Police on Sunday arrested 72 drug smugglers and recovered 8.8 kg heroin, 500 kg ganja and Rs 99410 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached 4614 in just 30 days, an official statement said.
Amritsar Rural Police have arrested seven drug smugglers and seized 4.5 kg of heroin in two major operations. The arrests were made after police acted on reliable intelligence and intercepted the accused, uncovering links to an international drug syndicate.
Shifting the strategy from broad enforcement to precision strikes against big fish as part of the ongoing war against drugs 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' campaign was launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday.
With the war against drugs, "Yudh Nashian Virudh", waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate the drug menace from the state, entered its 22nd day, Punjab Police on Saturday arrested 75 drug smugglers and recovered 5.2 kg heroin, 10 kg opium and Rs 2.2 lakhs d
Punjab Police carried out an encounter at Bagiadhi village in Tarn Taran district on Monday evening. Two smugglers were injured in police retaliatory firing.
With the war against drugs, "Yudh Nashian Virudh", announced by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate the drug menace from the state, entered its fifth day. Punjab Police arrested 75 drug smugglers and recovered 27.7 kg of heroin and Rs 3.06 lakh drug money from their possession on
Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema will hold crucial meetings with senior officials of Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, and Pathankot to intensify the state government's crackdown on drug trafficking.
According to a release from the Punjab Information and Public Relations Department, the police conducted raids for the fourth day consecutively to eradicate the drug menace from the state. The checking was conducted in six districts, including Hoshiarpur, SBS Nagar, Jalandhar Rural, Commissi