Ludhiana, April 5 -- The Ludhiana police commissionerate has arrested 171 drug peddlers and registered 117 FIRs against them in the past month as part of the anti-drug campaign 'Yudh Nasheyan Virudh', revealed special director general of police (DGP) community affairs division and women affairs, Punjab, Gurpreet Kaur Deo. She was in the city on Friday to review the progress of the campaign.

However, when questioned about action against the masterminds behind the drug trade, Deo acknowledged that major smugglers are yet to be arrested. She assured that police officials have been instructed to probe the backward linkages of the arrested peddlers to track down and apprehend the key players running the drug network.

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