The Punjab Police have arrested over 10 thousand drug smugglers and have confiscated/demolished their property worth over  772 crore rupees, which they had made with drug money. The police have also recovered 2267 weapons and seized over 650 vehicles used by criminals in various crimes in the state, besides confiscating over 5600 kilogram Heroin in the last four years.

 

Sharing the details during a press conference about the action against criminals before and after the ‘Yudh Nasheyan Virudh’ campaign. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the state has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against criminals and none will be spared. The Chief Minister said Rs. 54 Crore 47 lakh drug money has also been recovered.

 

He said after constituting the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), 2 thousand 858 gangsters have been arrested. He said the state government is also taking help from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to arrest those gangsters operating from abroad by issuing various international-level notices against them.