The four-hour-long operation also led to the recovery of 8.14 kg heroin, 1.21 kg opium, 3.5 kg ganja, 19 kg poppy husk, 700 gram charas, 16,238 intoxicant tablets, pills and injections and Rs 8.02 lakh drug money. The development comes a day after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann asked all the Commissioners of Police, the Deputy Commissioners and the Senior Superintendent of Police to make Punjab drug-free state in three months. The government has also constituted a five-member Cabinet Sub-Committee led by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema to monitor the war against drugs. Police officers have been asked to trace the forward and backward linkages of all the cases being registered under the NDPS act and take strict action against those found in collusion with the drug smugglers. Over 900 police teams, comprising over 8,368 police personnel, under the supervision of 233 gazetted officers have cordoned off 369 drug hotspots and conducted 798 raids in such areas. The police teams checked over 2,000 suspicious people and taken preventive action against 27, while five proclaimed offenders (POs) were arrested.
