Jalandhar, Oct. 4 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced 10,000 new recruitments in the Punjab Police to root out drugs, as he declared that the state was fighting the final and decisive "Yudh Nashean Virudh".

During a first-of-its-kind "SHO Milni" at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Academy, Phillaur, Mann said police had full freedom to take every legitimate action against drugs, and directed them to go to villages and towns, take people along and crack down on the menace.

"The state government is also holding discussions with the Union government for making the NDPS Act more stringent so that drug trafficking can be tackled more effectively," he said.

Addressing the police personnel, Mann said Punjab shared a 553-km inter...