Overview
- Teams carried out 8,278 coordinated raids statewide over 72 hours, mobilising more than 2,000 units and roughly 12,000 personnel.
- Authorities rounded up 7,498 people, formally arresting 3,260 including 135 proclaimed offenders, with 2,788 others verified and released after questioning.
- Police reported 1,450 preventive detentions under BNSS Sections 126 and 170, a first at this scale in Punjab’s ongoing anti-gangster campaign.
- Seizures during the drive included 4.8 kg heroin, 3.6 kg opium, 42,797 intoxicant pills, 68 kg poppy husk, 47 weapons and Rs 30 lakh in cash.
- District actions highlighted Mohali’s 102 raids with 68 arrests and Ludhiana’s 125 raids with 82 arrests, as leaders said the broader crackdown and anti-drug drive will continue.