Chandigarh, July 3 -- To strengthen legal measures against drug-related crimes, the Punjab government has decided to arrest individuals who repeatedly sign surety bonds for those charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

The new move pushed by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), aims to curb the growing trend of people facilitating bail for drug offenders through a business model.

District police have been instructed to identify individuals who have signed surety bonds for more than two cases involving drug-related offences, with such individuals now facing arrest.

"It has been observed that signing bail bonds has become a business for certain individuals at the judicial complex level. This makes it eas...