India, March 30 -- Punjab Police on Thursday conducted cordon and search operation (CASO) at identified drug hotspots, the points of sale of drugs and psychotropic substances, and registered 157 first information reports (FIRs) with the arrest of 217 smugglers/peddlers.

According to an official release, the operation was conducted at 427 hotspots simultaneously in all 28 police districts on the directions of director general of police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav, and special DGP, ADGP, IGP, DIG-rank officers from Punjab Police headquarters, Chandigarh, were deputed in each Police district to personally supervise the operation.

During the day-long operation, the police recovered 7.7kg heroin, 500kg ganja, 10,992 intoxicating tablets/capsul...