CHANDIGARH, Aug. 26 -- As many as 76 drug smugglers were arrested after registration of 61 first information reports (FIRs) on Day 177 of the 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' campaign on Monday.

Special DGP (law and order) Arpit Shukla said that with this, the total number of drug smugglers arrested has reached 27,163.

"The raids at 360 locations resulted in recovery of 525gms of heroin, 2,258 intoxicating tablets/capsules and Rs.2,000 drug money from the possession of arrested drug smugglers," Shukla said.

Over 120 police teams, comprising over 1,000 police personnel, under the supervision of 73 gazetted officers, have conducted raids across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 370 suspicious persons during the day-long operation...