Punjab’s war against drugs: 14952 arrested, 1135 kg heroin seized in 11-month drive
Chandigarh
In Punjab’s war against drugs on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the cops have so far arrested 14,952 drug smugglers and seized over 1,135 kg of heroin from them in 11 months.
Punjab Police have arrested as many as 14,952 drug smugglers including 2,132 big fish since July 5, 2022. A total of 11,147 FIRs has been registered of which 1313 are related to commercial quantity.
informing about this, Punjab Police IGP Sukhchain Singh Gill said cops had recovered 987.75-Kg heroin from across the state in search operations.
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in addition to this, 147.5-Kg heroin was recovered from seaports of Gujarat and Maharashtra, taking the total effective recovery of heroin to 1135.25 kg in just 11 months, he added.
Besides heroin, the cops had also seized 731 kg opium, 840.76 kg ganja, 350.40 Q poppy husk and 62.49 lakhs tablets/capsules/injections of medical opioids from across the state besides Rs 11.83 crore cash.
“308 drug smugglers have been arrested in the last week with the recovery of 33.73 kg Heroin, 13.90 kg opium, 16.12 kg Ganja, 5.85 quintals of poppy husk and 39,004 tablets/injections of medical opioid.
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It is worth noting that DGP Gaurav Yadav had given strict instructions to all the CPs/SSPs to investigate backward and forward linkages drug cases even if they recover a meager amount of drugs.
