Chandigarh: Punjab Police have arrested 79,642 individuals, conducted 1.5 lakh raids across the state since the launch of the ‘Gangstran Te Vaar’ campaign nine months ago on Jan 20.Special DGP (law & order) Praveen Kumar Sinha said police teams recovered 1,367 weapons along with 3,958 live cartridges and 431 magazines, 288 sharp-edged weapons and 20 hand grenades from the possession of arrested individuals during this period.He added preventive action had been initiated against 43,231 persons, whereas 19,277 persons were verified and released after questioning. Sinha also said police teams had arrested 2,042 proclaimed offenders (POs) since then.On Day 273, police teams arrested 188 individuals after conducting 536 raids, while preventive action was taken against 154 persons and four POs were arrested.Meanwhile, on the 598th day of anti-drug drive, police teams arrested 138 drug smugglers on Tuesday and recovered 389 gm heroin, 780 gm opium, 1,277 intoxicant tablets/capsules and Rs 10,650 drug money from their possession, an official spokesperson of Punjab Police said.“With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 86,903 in just 598 days. As part of de-addiction, the Punjab Police convinced 19 persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment today,” the spokesperson added.
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