The operation was conducted simultaneously across all 28 police districts of the state as per the directions of Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav.
The Tarn Taran Police arrested a drug smuggler linked to Pakistan and USA-based drug syndicates and recovered 15 kg of heroin from his possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.
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.
: In a well-coordinated joint operation, the Border Security Force (BSF) intelligence wing and the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), on Sunday successfully apprehended a narcotics smuggler and seized a packet of suspected heroin near Kathunangal Toll Plaza in Amritsar Rural on March 29, acco
Tarn Taran Police dismantled a trans-border drug network, arresting two smugglers and recovering 6 kg of heroin. Preliminary investigations indicate Pakistan-based involvement. An FIR under the NDPS Act is registered, and further investigations are underway.
Punjab Police have arrested three people in Amritsar in connection with illegal weapons smuggling. The police have said that 6 pistols and live cartridge were recovered from the arrested.
In a historic step that marks the sharpened focus against bovine smuggling, the Udhampur Police has undertaken an unprecedented action by attaching a vehicle of a chronic bovine smuggler.
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.
BSF Meghalaya, successfully seized 22 cattle (buffaloes) along with five Indian nationals near the international border in the West Jaintia Hills District on March 25.