Ludhiana, April 27 -- Six "drug peddlers" were arrested during a special drive that was taken up based on intelligence inputs in Haibowal and Jawahar Nagar, the police said on Saturday. Police commissioner Swapan Sharma said the action marked a shift from the traditional cordon-and-search operation (CASO) as the Ludhiana police adopted a new "surgical strike" approach to target drug peddlers and smugglers by acting on specific intelligence inputs.

During the operation, drugs were also seized, the police said without disclosing about the seized items. "Earlier, large police teams spent hours searching entire neighborhoods with little to show for it, as peddlers would often change their numbers, addresses and tactics. Now, we are shifting ...