{"id":16306,"date":"2025-07-22T10:23:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T04:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiaepost.com\/?p=16306"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T04:53:44","slug":"day-142-of-yudh-nashian-virudh-82-drug-smugglers-held-with-2-9kg-heroin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiaepost.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/day-142-of-yudh-nashian-virudh-82-drug-smugglers-held-with-2-9kg-heroin\/","title":{"rendered":"DAY 142 OF YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH: 82 DRUG SMUGGLERS HELD WITH 2.9KG HEROIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\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 completed 142 days, Punjab Police on Monday arrested 82 drug smugglers and recovered 2.9 kg heroin and Rs 21,530 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 22,854 in just 142 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 1200 police personnel, under the supervision of 87 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 422 locations across the state leading to the registration of 66 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. 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