{"id":44371,"date":"2025-06-12T14:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/?p=44352"},"modified":"2025-06-12T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:29:09","slug":"day-103-of-yudh-nashian-virudh-119-drug-smugglers-held-with-1-7kg-heroin-14kg-opium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/day-103-of-yudh-nashian-virudh-119-drug-smugglers-held-with-1-7kg-heroin-14kg-opium\/","title":{"rendered":"DAY 103 OF \u2018YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH\u2019: 119 DRUG SMUGGLERS HELD WITH 1.7KG HEROIN, 14KG OPIUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Punjab E News:\u00a0 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 completed 103 days, Punjab Police on Thursday arrested 119 drug smugglers and recovered 1.7 kg heroin, 14.6 kg opium and Rs 57480 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 17,137 in just 103 days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Divulging details, Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla informed that over 200 Police teams, comprising over 1300 police personnel, under the supervision of 89 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 465 locations across the state leading to the registration of 93 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 489 suspicious persons during the day-long operation, he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>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 38 persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment today.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab E News:\u00a0 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 completed 103 days, Punjab Police on Thursday arrested 119 drug smugglers and recovered 1.7 kg heroin, 14.6 kg opium and Rs 57480 drug money from their possession. 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