Chandigarh, April 13 -- The war against drugs, "Yudh Nashian Virudh", waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate the drug menace from the state, entered its 44th day. Punjab Police on Sunday arrested 61 drug smugglers and recovered 1.3 kg of heroin and Rs 91.3 lakhs of drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 5926 in just 44 days, officials said.

According to a release, the operation was conducted simultaneously in all 28 police districts of the state on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav."

According to the release, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann has asked the Commissioners of Police, Deputy Commissioners and Senior...