271 Drug Smugglers arrested by Punjab Police in week
December 20, 2022 - PatialaPolitics
271 Drug Smugglers arrested by Punjab Police in week
— DECISIVE WAR AGAINST DRUGS: 271 DRUG SMUGGLERS HELD WITH 10KG HEROIN, 13.52-
KG OPIUM, 5.52-KG GANJA, Rs 17.66 LAKH DRUG MONEY IN A WEEK
— ON DIRECTIONS OF CHIEF MINISTER BHAGWANT MANN, PUNJAB POLICE COMMITTED TO
WIPE OUT DRUG MENACE FROM THE STATE
— DRIVE TO ARREST POs/ABSCONDERS IN NDPS ACT CASES WITNESSES SIGNIFICANT SURGE
AS TOLL REACHES 573
CHANDIGARH, December 19:
Amid the ongoing decisive war against drugs launched on the directions of Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police have arrested 271 drug smugglers/suppliers after registering 192
first information reports (FIRs), including 26 commercial, under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) act across the state in the last week.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Headquarters Sukhchain Singh Gill, while addressing his
weekly Press Conference here on Monday, said that the Police have also recovered 10.08-Kg
Heroin, 13.52-Kg opium, 5.52-Kg Ganja, 3.43 quintals of poppy husk, and 54123
tablets/capsules/injections/vials of Pharma opioids besides recovering Rs 17.66 Lakh drug money
from their possession.
He said that with 11 more Proclaimed Offenders (POs)/Absconders in NDPS cases arrested
in the last week, the total number of arrests reached 573 since the special drive to arrest
POs/absconders was started on July 5, 2022.
Pertinently, Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab Gaurav Yadav had given strict
instructions to all the CPs/SSPs to investigate backward and forward linkages minutely in each
and every case, especially related to drug recoveries, even if they recover a meager amount of
drugs.
Meanwhile, on the direction of Chief Minister Punjab Bhagwant Mann to make Punjab a
drug-free state, extensive anti-drug drives have been launched by the Punjab Police to combat
the menace of drugs from the border State. The DGP has also strictly ordered all the CPs/SSPs to
identify all hotspots where drugs are prevalent and all top drug smugglers in their jurisdictions.
He also directed the Police chiefs to effectively forfeit the property of all the arrested drug
smugglers so that their ill-gotten money could be recovered.