{"id":40956,"date":"2025-04-10T13:53:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/?p=40956"},"modified":"2025-04-10T13:53:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:53:44","slug":"yudh-nashian-virudh-on-day-41-punjab-police-arrests-84-drug-smugglers-2-5kg-heroin-%e2%82%b970k-drug-money-recovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/yudh-nashian-virudh-on-day-41-punjab-police-arrests-84-drug-smugglers-2-5kg-heroin-%e2%82%b970k-drug-money-recovered\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH\u2019: ON DAY 41, PUNJAB POLICE ARRESTS 84 DRUG SMUGGLERS; 2.5KG HEROIN, \u20b970K DRUG MONEY RECOVERED"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2018YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH\u2019: ON DAY 41, PUNJAB POLICE ARRESTS 84 DRUG SMUGGLERS; 2.5KG HEROIN, \u20b970K DRUG MONEY RECOVERED<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014 PUNJAB POLICE COMMITTED TO MAKING PUNJAB A DRUG-FREE STATE AS PER DIRECTIONS OF CM BHAGWANT SINGH MANN<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014 OVER 200 POLICE TEAMS LED BY 86 SP\/DSP RANK OFFICERS CHECKED 482 SUSPICIOUS PERSONS: SPL DGP ARPIT SHUKLA<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014 POLICE TEAMS ALSO CONDUCT SEARCHES AT JAILS IN SIX DISTRICTS: SPL DGP ARPIT SHUKLA<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>CHANDIGARH, April 10:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>With the war against drugs \u201cYudh Nashian Virudh\u201d waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state entered 41st day, Punjab Police on Thursday arrested 84 drug smugglers and recovered 2.5 kg heroin, 86 kg poppy husk, and \u20b970400 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 5621 in just 41 days.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The operation was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav simultaneously in all 28 Police districts of the state.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Notably, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann has asked the Commissioners of Police, Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendent of Police to make Punjab drug free state. The Punjab government has also constituted a 5-member Cabinet Sub Committee led by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema to monitor the war against drugs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Divulging details, Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla informed that over 200 Police teams, comprising over 1200 police personnel, under the supervision of 86 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 452 locations across the state leading to the registration of 49 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 482 suspicious persons during the day long operation, he added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Special DGP said that with the state government has enforced a three-pronged strategy\u2014 Enforcement, Deaddiction and Prevention (EDP)\u2014 to eradicate drugs from the state, the Punjab Police as part of \u2018De-addiction\u2019 has convinced two persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, Punjab Police has also carried out search operation at different jails in six districts\u2014 Bathinda, Mansa, Barnala, Patiala, Sangrur and SAS Nagar\u2014 to check any illegal activities in the jail. \u201cOur Police teams have thoroughly searched every nook and corner including barracks, kitchen and toilets in the jail complex,\u201d said Special DGP Arpit Shukla.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH\u2019: ON DAY 41, PUNJAB POLICE ARRESTS 84 DRUG SMUGGLERS; 2.5KG HEROIN, \u20b970K DRUG MONEY RECOVERED \u2014 PUNJAB POLICE COMMITTED TO MAKING PUNJAB A DRUG-FREE STATE AS PER DIRECTIONS OF CM BHAGWANT SINGH MANN \u2014 OVER 200 POLICE TEAMS LED BY 86 SP\/DSP RANK OFFICERS CHECKED 482 SUSPICIOUS PERSONS: SPL DGP ARPIT SHUKLA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-punjab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2018YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH\u2019: ON DAY 41, PUNJAB POLICE ARRESTS 84 DRUG SMUGGLERS; 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