Continuing the war against drugs "Yudh Nashian Virudh" waged by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to eradicate drug menace from state consecutively for the 168th day, Punjab Police conducted raids at 301 locations on Saturday leading to the arrest of 38 drug smugglers after registration of 28 fir
This was the continuation of war against drugs under the "Yudh Nashian Virudh" campaign waged by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to eradicate drug menace from the state consecutively for the 163rd day.
The operation was conducted on the directions of the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab, Gaurav Yadav, simultaneously in all 28 Police districts of the state.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the accused were in contact with Pakistan-based smugglers and have been receiving illegal weapon consignments near the Indo-Pak border. The arrested accused persons were operating from border villages and further supplying arms to gangsters in the state, he said.
In a step to bolster security in the run-up to Independence Day, the Punjab Police conducted a coordinated cordon and search operation (CASO) across 213 bus stands throughout the state on Wednesday
In another incident, on Saturday, acting on specific intelligence input, BSF troops recovered a 01 DJI Mavic 3 Classic drone from a farming field near the village of Barreke in the Ferozepur district.
Continuing its relentless crackdown on cross-border smuggling, the vigilant BSF troops, in joint operations, apprehended two smugglers, and recovered six rogue drones carrying heroin and weapon parts in multiple incidents along the Amritsar and Tarn Taran borders, according to an official re
The drive, launched on March 1, 2025, on the directives of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, has led to the registration of 14,906 FIRs and the arrest of 23,647 drug smugglers, reaffirming the state government's commitment to a drug-free Punjab.
According to police, Sarabjeet Joban had earlier entered the United States illegally, but was deported. After returning to India, he worked briefly as a school bus driver before becoming involved in the illegal drug trade.
The DGP further in his post mentioned that the two more smugglers identified as Dharam Singh and Kulbr Singh had been arrested along with five kilograms of heroin.
Notably, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has asked the Commissioners of Police, Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendent of Police to make Punjab a drug-free state. The Punjab government has also constituted a 5-member Cabinet Sub-Committee, led by the state's Finance Minister, Harp