Chandigarh, April 29 -- Punjab, in a bold and multi-pronged crackdown against the growing menace of drug trafficking, is gearing up to install state-of-the-art anti-drone systems along its second line of defence across the Indo-Pak border by September-October this year. The announcement came on Monday from Punjab's Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav, who also set an ambitious May 31 deadline to make Punjab 'drug-free'.
With a sweeping strategy focusing on dismantling drug networks rather than just achieving numerical targets, the State Police have already arrested 31hawalaoperators, seized over Rs eight crore in drug money, initiated bulldozing operations against illegal drug smuggler properties, and secured the establishment of...