Day 99: 144 drug smugglers held with 6.7 kg heroin

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Chandigarh, Updated At : 07:29 AM Jun 09, 2025 IST

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Under the “Yudh Nashian Virudh” drive, the Punjab Police on Sunday arrested 144 drug smugglers and seized 6.7 kg of heroin and 440 kg of poppy husk from their possession.With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached 16,492 in 99 days.

Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla said over 200 police teams, comprising over 1400 personnel, under the supervision of 88 gazetted officers, had conducted raids at 479 locations across the state, leading to the registration of 107 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Cops also checked 541 suspicious persons during the day-long operation, he added.

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