Inspector General Police Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar has said that according to the vision and direction of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, mission of Drug Free Punjab is progressing rapidly and to keep the young generation safe from drug addiction, intelligence-based targeted operations are ongoing across the province under the supervision of RPOs, CPOs and DPOs.
IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar said that during the last 24 hours, 486 raids were conducted on the hideouts of drug dealers across the province including Lahore. 217 cases were registered against the accused involved in the drug supply chain and 220 accused were arrested.175 kg of charas, 2 kg of 865 grams of Ice, 326 grams of heroin, 05 kg of opium, 2423 liters of alcohol were recovered from the possession of the accused.
Spokesman Punjab Police said that 8581 raids were conducted on the hideouts of drug dealers throughout the province during 32 days.4740 accused were arrested while registering 4346 cases against big drug dealers. 3385 kg of charas,18 kg of Ice, 61 kg of heroin, 170 kg of opium and 49374 liters of alcohol were recovered from the possession of the accused.
IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar directed to arrest all the accused including smugglers, dealers involved in drug supply chain. IGP Punjab stressed that preferential action be taken against the sellers of Ice, sheesha and other flavored drugs.
