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Chandigarh, Oct 2: 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 \u2018Yudh Nashian Virudh\u2019 campaign, officials said on Thursday.
\nThey said a total of 20,641 FIRs were registered during this time \u2014 March 1 to October 1.
\nThe \u2018Yudh Nashian Virudh\u2019 campaign was launched on March 1 to eradicate the drug menace in Punjab.
\nPunjab 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.
\nPolice arrested 31,478 people and recovered 1,359.5 kg of heroin from March 1 to October 1, they said.
\nApart from the heroin, 437 kg of opium, 248 quintals of poppy husk, 31 kg of charas, 498 kg of ganja, 7.2 kg of ICE (crystal methamphetamine), 37 lakh intoxicant tablets and Rs 12.73 crore of drug money were recovered during this period, they said.
\nOn Wednesday alone, 81 drug smugglers were arrested with 2.6 kg of heroin, 1.3 kg of opium, 1.34 lakh intoxicant pills and drug money worth Rs 8,110, they added.
\nThe arrests and recovery were made during raids conducted by over 150 police teams, comprising more than 1,200 police personnel and under the supervision of 79 gazetted officers, at 392 locations across the state on Wednesday. A total of 63 FIRs were registered, police said.
\nChief Minister Bhagwant Mann has asked commissioners of police, deputy commissioners and senior superintendents to make Punjab a drug-free state.
\nThe Punjab government has also constituted a five-member Cabinet Sub-Committee led by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema to monitor the war against drugs.
\nThe state government has adopted a three-pronged strategy \u2014 \u2018Enforcement, Deaddiction, and Prevention (EDP) \u2014 to eradicate drugs from the state.<\/p>\n

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Chandigarh, Oct 2: 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 \u2018Yudh Nashian Virudh\u2019 campaign, officials said on Thursday. They said a total of 20,641 FIRs were registered during this time \u2014 March 1 to October 1. 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