The Punjab government has announced an intensive crackdown against drug abuse in the state, directing law enforcement agencies to initiate large-scale operations in the coming days.
In a significant breakthrough, Punjab Police's Counter Intelligence (CI) unit in Amritsar recovered an additional two kg of heroin, bringing the total seizure in the 10 kg heroin recovery case to 15 kg, said a statement from Information And Public Relations Department, Punjab on Saturday.
Punjab Police dealt a major blow to trans-border drug smuggling with the seizure of 5.067 kg of heroin and the arrest of four accused in Amritsar, officials said on Friday.
Acting on intelligence inputs, the Patiala Police have busted a target killing module and arrested two operatives linked to foreign-based gangster Goldy Dhillon.
Amritsar Police arrested four drug smugglers and seized 5.06 Kg of heroin in two separate operations. The smugglers were allegedly linked to Pakistan-based drug suppliers using drones.
Punjab Director General of Police, Gaurav Yadav informed on Thursday that the state police has arrested another drug smuggler and around 3 kg of heroin in the 10 kg heroin recovery case. As per DGP Yadav, the name of the arrested person is Lovepreet Singh and he is the resident of Main Bazar
Punjab police's Anti Gangster Task Force apprehended arrested an associate of terrorist Lakhbir Singh alias Landa Harike. The name of the accused is Sukhchain alias Bhujia. The detained person is wanted in a recent attempt of a murder in Bhikhi, Mansa. DGP, Punjab police shared the informati
Reaffirming the commitment of Punjab Police on 'Zero Tolerance Against Corruption', the DGP said that any elements found indulging corruption will be taken with iron hand. "Black sheep in the Punjab Police are not going to be tolerated. Strict action as per law will be taken," he reiterated.
Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav has informed that the perpetrators behind the recent cases of alleged blasts in the border state have been arrested.
In an intelligence based operation, CI Amritsar on Wednesday apprehended Harmandeep Singh from village Mahal in Amritsar and recovered 10 kg heroin, as per a release by the DGP Punjab Police.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation revealed the arrested accused persons have a criminal history with a number of criminal cases including murder, attempt to murder and Arms Act, etc, registered against them.