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DAY 143 OF YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH: 103 DRUG SMUGGLERS HELD WITH 544-GRAMS HEROIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2014 AS PART OF \u2018DE-ADDICTION\u2019, PUNJAB POLICE CONVINCE 75 PERSONS TO UNDERGO DE-ADDICTION TREATMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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CHANDIGARH, July 22:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\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 143 days, Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested 103 drug smugglers and recovered 544 grams heroin and Rs 11,860 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 22,987 in just 143 days.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Divulging details, Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla informed that over 180 Police teams, comprising over 1300 police personnel, under the supervision of 88 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 422 locations across the state leading to the registration of 74 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 447 suspicious persons during the day-long operation, he added.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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 ‘De-addiction\u2019 has convinced 75 persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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