Chandigarh, April 11 -- Punjab Police on Thursday arrested 84 alleged drug smugglers and recovered 2.5kg heroin, 86kg poppy husk and Rs.70,400 drug money, officials said, adding that this took number of arrests in 41 days of state's 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' to 5,621.

Special director general of police (DGP law and order) Arpit Shukla said over 200 teams comprising more than 1,200 police personnel conducted raids at 452 locations across the state under the supervision of 86 gazetted officers.

He added that 49 first-information reports (FIRs) were registered across the state and 482 'suspicious' persons were checked.

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