Chandigarh, March 10 -- Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema, who heads the cabinet sub-committee on Punjab's anti-drug campaign, on Sunday said that 875 first information reports (FIRs) have been registered and 1,188 drug traffickers arrested in the first 12 days of the "Yudh Nashian Virudh" campaign.

Cheema said that Rs.35 lakh drug money, 68 kg heroin, 873 kg poppy husk, 42 kg opium, 3.5 kg charas, and 6,74,370 intoxicating tablets have been seized during the campaign launched on February 25.

"Additionally, a widespread awareness campaign is actively mobilising citizens to contribute towards building a drug-free and prosperous Punjab," he told journalists at a press conference here.

The minister also blamed previous governments led ...