Chandigarh, Oct. 3 -- Punjab Police has arrested over 31,000 drug smugglers and recovered more than 1,300 kg of heroin in the last seven months under the 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' campaign, officials said on Thursday.
They said a total of 20,641 FIRs were registered during this time - March 1 to October 1.
The 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' campaign was launched on March 1 to eradicate the drug menace in Punjab.
Punjab Police, on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav, has been conducting daily operations simultaneously in all the 28 police districts since the launch of the anti-drug drive, the officials said.
Police arrested 31,478 people and recovered 1,359.5 kg of heroin from March 1 to October 1, they said.
Apart from t...