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Punjab Orders Tougher Crackdown on Drugs and Gangs, Launches Arms-Licence Audit

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann introduced strict performance tracking to enforce zero tolerance.

Overview

  • At a high-level review with top police and administrative officers, Mann directed intensified operations against narcotics and organised crime.
  • Mann said the flagship campaigns must deliver a final blow to drug and gangster networks, with daily progress monitoring and visible results.
  • The state ordered a comprehensive review of arms licences and told districts to immediately cancel any licence linked to criminal use.
  • Social measures were activated to support prevention, including job creation, stronger schooling, checks on dropouts in drug-prone areas, and career counselling for youth.
  • Mann pledged funds for technology, vehicles and infrastructure, asserted the police are not being misused for false cases, and tied rewards or penalties to officers’ performance.