Bathinda, Aug. 17 -- The cops performing well in the "Yudh Nashian Virudh" (anti-drug war) campaign will receive monetary reward, chief minister Bhagwant Mann has said while claiming that the narcotics supply network has been on its last legs. During his Independence Day speech in Faridkot, he said, "It has been decided that from March 1, 2026, the police personnel recovering 1-kg heroin will get a cash reward of Rs.1.2 lakh."

Asserting that Pakistan has been the source of the drugs reaching the state, he said the government has demolished houses built using drug money, jailed smugglers and curbed the open sale of drugs. "Punjab is the first state in the country to have its own anti-drone system which will destroy any flying object comin...