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PUNJAB AND HIMACHAL PRADESH POLICE TO WORK IN TANDEM TO COMBAT DRUGS, LIQUOR SMUGGLING IN REGION

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Chandigarh:  To further strengthen the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug-free and crime-free state as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav on Thursday, assured total support to DGP Himachal Pradesh Sanjay Kundu to combat organised inter-state crime including smuggling of drugs and illicit liquor via Punjab-Himachal Pradesh Border.

Police Chiefs of both the states were holding a coordination meeting at Punjab Police Headquarters to ensure better synergy and coordination between the two Police Forces.

Giving a call for total synergy and teamwork between Punjab Police and Himachal Pradesh Police, DGP Gaurav Yadav said that both the Police forces should work as one team and activate the basic Policing and sharing real time information by the use of latest technology to keep the region safe and secure.

DGP Gaurav Yadav said that Himachal Pradesh Police and Punjab Police will work together on joint operations at Punjab and Himachal Pradesh Border to keep vigil on gangsters and criminals, who have been operating in these states. It has also been decided to strengthen Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras at the entry/exit points at Border to prevent smuggling of drugs and illicit liquor, he added.

He also proposed to organise frequent meetings between District Police Chiefs and SSPs of both the neighbouring states to discuss activities of the gangsters and criminal gangs operating in the region as so many of the issues and crime patterns are similar and inter-related.

DGP Gaurav Yadav said that Punjab Police is committed to ensure better synergy between both the Police forces to make Punjab a crime-free state as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

Meanwhile, DGP Himachal Pradesh Sanjay Kundu has assured fulsome support to the Punjab Police and said that it was decided to work in close coordination to give a “knock-out-punch” to the organised inter-State crime.