109 drug peddlers held, 70 FIRs registered

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, Updated At : 02:10 AM Mar 24, 2025 IST

Representational photo.

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Take your experience further with Premium access. Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only Benefits

Yearly Premium ₹999 ₹349/Year

Yearly Premium $49 $24.99/Year

The Punjab Police on Sunday arrested 109 drug smugglers and seized 8.6 kg heroin, 3.3 kg opium, 40 kg poppy husk and Rs 2.9 lakh drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested in 23 days has reached to 2,748.

Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla said over 220 police teams, comprising over 1,400 personnel, under the supervision of 87 gazetted officers, conducted raids at 462 locations across the state, leading to the registration of 70 FIRs. The police teams also checked 512 suspicious persons during the day-long operation, he added.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Suggested Articles