1kg heroin seized, 98 detained during police’s search and cordon operation
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police on Tuesday carried out a special cordon-and-search operation (CASO) aimed at checking the movement of anti-social elements and drug smugglers across the state.
During the operation involving 12,000 police personnel, 98 persons, including three proclaimed offenders, were apprehended and 97 FIRS) registered.
“Police teams have also recovered 1kg heroin, ₹10.91 lakh drug money, 158 litres of illicit Liquor, 660kg lahan, 103kg poppy husk, 19kg bhang and 10,460 intoxicant tablets. Two pistols, one rifle and one gun along with ammunition and 30 motorcycles were seized as well,” Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said in a statement.
He said public display of weapons, even on social media, would be dealt with an iron hand.
Yadav, who led the state police force, said the cyber wing will keep a watch on social networking sites to check the violations. He also said that no new arms licence would be issued till the physical verification of previous licences in the next three months.
The special operation was conducted between 11am and 4pm simultaneously across all 28 police districts of Punjab. ADGP/IGP-RANK officers from police headquarters were deputed in each district to supervise the operation.
Yadav joined ADGP (community affairs division and women affairs) Gurpreet Kaur and police commissioner Mandeep Singh Sidhu in Ludhiana. He said the operation was conducted after the identification of drug and crime hotspots.
“Proper frisking of suspects and complete search of houses was done under the supervision of senior officers,” he said, adding that sniffer dogs and drones were also deployed in these hotspots to ensure strict vigil.