128 drug dealers arrested

LAHORE: Punjab Police is actively pursuing the crackdown throughout the province to eradicate the menace of drugs under ‘Drug-Free Punjab’ campaign.

Spokesman of Punjab Police said that during the last 24 hours, 300 raids were conducted across the province including Lahore on the hideouts of drug dealers and 128 accused were arrested while registering 125 cases against the accused involved in the heinous crime.

55 kg of charas, one kg of heroin, 675 grams of Ice and 1,251 liters of liquor were recovered from the possession of the accused. Similarly, 17,551 raids were conducted on the hideouts of drug suspects throughout the province during the special campaign since February 26, 8,759 accused were arrested while registering 8,267 cases against the drug dealers. 5,552 kg of charas, 99 kg of heroin, 216 kg of opium, 28 kg of Ice and 109,434 liters of alcohol have been recovered from the possession of the accused.

IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar directed to make the crackdown more effective to keep the young generation safe from drugs. He said that intelligence-based targeted operations should be conducted on a daily basis in drug hotspot areas. IG Punjab entrusted the supervisory officers with the task of bringing all the accused involved in the drug network and supply chain and brought them to justice. IG Punjab said that a more active strategy, awareness campaign against drugs should be continued with the cooperation of civil society, teachers and parents.