Chandigarh, Feb. 3 -- On Day 14 of the anti-gangster campaign, Punjab Police teams arrested 172 individuals, including nine proclaimed offenders (POs), after conducting 613 raids, while preventive action has been taken against 159 persons, officials said.

Special DGP (law and order) Arpit Shukla, while interacting with the media after inspecting a naka in Mohali, said that the police teams have recovered 116 weapons along with 262 live cartridges and 23 magazines from the possession of arrested individuals.

"Apart from this, preventive action has been initiated against 2,311 persons, whereas 4,008 persons were verified and released after questioning," he said, adding that police have arrested 283 POs in the last 14 days.

Overall, since...