{"id":41290,"date":"2025-04-16T14:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/?p=41290"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:52:23","slug":"yudh-nashian-virudh-on-day-47-punjab-police-arrests-121-drug-smugglers-4-7kg-heroin-2-6kg-opium-%e2%82%b91l-drug-money-recovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/yudh-nashian-virudh-on-day-47-punjab-police-arrests-121-drug-smugglers-4-7kg-heroin-2-6kg-opium-%e2%82%b91l-drug-money-recovered\/","title":{"rendered":"YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH\u2019: ON DAY 47, PUNJAB POLICE ARRESTS 121 DRUG SMUGGLERS; 4.7KG HEROIN, 2.6KG OPIUM, \u20b91L DRUG MONEY RECOVERED"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH\u2019: ON DAY 47, PUNJAB POLICE ARRESTS 121 DRUG SMUGGLERS; 4.7KG HEROIN, 2.6KG OPIUM, \u20b91L DRUG MONEY RECOVERE<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 PUNJAB POLICE COMMITTED TO MAKING PUNJAB A DRUG-FREE STATE AS PER DIRECTIONS OF CM BHAGWANT SINGH MANN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 OVER 250 POLICE TEAMS LED BY 88 SP\/DSP RANK OFFICERS CHECKED 554 SUSPICIOUS PERSONS: SPL DGP ARPIT SHUKLA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CHANDIGARH, April 16:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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 47th day, Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested 121 drug smugglers and recovered 4.7 kg heroin, 2.6 kg opium and \u20b91.08 lakh drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 6284 in just 47 days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Divulging details, Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla informed that over 250 Police teams, comprising over 1900 police personnel, under the supervision of 88 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 499 locations across the state leading to the registration of 71 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 554 suspicious persons during the day long operation, he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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 seven persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH\u2019: ON DAY 47, PUNJAB POLICE ARRESTS 121 DRUG SMUGGLERS; 4.7KG HEROIN, 2.6KG OPIUM, \u20b91L DRUG MONEY RECOVERE \u00a0 \u2014 PUNJAB POLICE COMMITTED TO MAKING PUNJAB A DRUG-FREE STATE AS PER DIRECTIONS OF CM BHAGWANT SINGH MANN \u00a0 \u2014 OVER 250 POLICE TEAMS LED BY 88 SP\/DSP RANK OFFICERS CHECKED 554 SUSPICIOUS PERSONS: [&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-41290","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>YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH\u2019: ON DAY 47, PUNJAB POLICE ARRESTS 121 DRUG SMUGGLERS; 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