{"id":15967,"date":"2025-07-12T15:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T10:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiaepost.com\/?p=15967"},"modified":"2025-07-12T15:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T10:01:22","slug":"day-132-of-yudh-nashian-virudh-116-drug-smugglers-held-with-4-5kg-heroin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiaepost.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/day-132-of-yudh-nashian-virudh-116-drug-smugglers-held-with-4-5kg-heroin\/","title":{"rendered":"DAY 132 OF YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH: 116 DRUG SMUGGLERS HELD WITH 4.5KG HEROIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CHANDIGARH, July 11:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 132 days, Punjab Police on Friday arrested 116 drug smugglers and recovered 4.5 kg heroin and 1 kg opium from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 21,495 in just 132 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Divulging details, Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla informed that over 180 Police teams, comprising over 1300 police personnel, under the supervision of 86 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 459 locations across the state leading to the registration of 85 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. 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