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Chandigarh: According to the orders of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police has started action against drug traffickers in the state. Operation SEAL-3 was conducted in 10 border districts on Saturday. In one day, 40 FIRs were registered and 49 people were arrested. 95 lakh rupees have also been seized.
The police have received intelligence about the smuggling of drugs and arms in Punjab. On the basis of which, the Punjab Police has set up an inter-state blockade in the areas bordering the border of 4 states and the Pakistan border. Since Saturday morning, the Punjab Police is checking all the vehicles and questioning the suspects.
About 5750 vehicles were checked across Punjab. In which about 329 challans were issued, more than 25 vehicles were seized. Let us tell you that this operation was conducted by the Punjab Police on drugs. During the checking, the police have arrested about 49 smugglers in the case of drug trafficking. From whom the police recovered 30 kg of poppy, 374 grams of heroin, 500 grams of hashish, 350 liters of lahan, 263 liters of liquor and other items. About 40 FIRs have been registered under Operation SEAL-3 in different districts. All these recoveries were made by the police from 8 am to 2 pm.
Special DGP (Law and Order) Arpit Shukla said that under Operation SEAL, Punjab Police has set up inter-state blockade in about 10 districts bordering 4 states. These districts are Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan adjoining Punjab. The police are admitting that smugglers easily enter these states through Punjab, due to which the Punjab police have sealed the borders in coordination with the police of the four states.
Punjab Police teams are deployed in the border area. Every vehicle is being stopped and their documents are being checked. No citizen is being harassed. This is because smugglers are smuggling stolen vehicles with fake number plates, which is why the police have decided to check every vehicle.
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