Chandigarh, June 27 -- With the war against drugs "Yudh Nashian Virudh" waged on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state completed 118 days, Punjab Police on Friday arrested 125 drug smugglers and recovered 710 grams heroin, 1 kg opium and Rs 1.22 lakh drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 19,473 in just 118 days, a press release said.

The operation was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav simultaneously in all 28 Police districts of the state.

Notably, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann has asked the Commissioners of Police, Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendent of Police ...