Overview
- The new Jalandhar Range facility, built for ₹1.60 crore over about 9,000 sq ft, houses offices for investigators, support staff, a reader’s room and a modern conference hall.
- Investigative upgrades include mobile and computer forensics, data extraction and decryption, technical interception capabilities and cryptocurrency tracking tools.
- PAIS 2.0 now supports voice analysis using a repository of more than 70,000 criminal voice samples to strengthen identification and intelligence.
- Punjab Police report 35,133 FIRs and 50,238 arrests since March 1, 2025, with seizures including 2,229 kg heroin, 667 kg opium, 28 tonnes poppy husk, 68 kg charas, 783 kg ganja, 29 kg ICE and 4 kg cocaine.
- Authorities urged confidential tips through the Safe Punjab Chatbot at 97791-00200 as enforcement under the ‘Yudh Nashe Viruddh’ campaign continues.