CHANDIGARH: In order to understand the dedication of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to make Punjab a drug-free state by the following Independence Day, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday ordered all the sector officers to launch a large crackdown to interrupt the availability chain of medication. He emphasised that the three pronged technique— enforcement by Police, de-addiction and rehabilitation— shall be enforced to eradicate the drug menace from state.
The DGP was chairing a state-level assessment assembly through video convention with all of the eight Range IGs/DIGs, 28 CPs/SSPs, 117 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs), and 410+ Station House Officers (SHOs) within the state to chalk out cutting-edge technique towards medication. The DGP was accompanied by Special DGP STF Kuldeep Singh, Special DGP Intelligence-cum-Chief Director Vigilance Bureau Punjab Varinder Kumar and Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla.
The improvement got here a day after the DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav chaired a high-level assembly on Drug Trafficking at Punjab Police Academy in Phillaur.
DGP Gaurav Yadav stated that the Punjab Police has been engaged on a multi-pronged technique towards drug trafficking to disrupt provide chain, attain out to the general public in a large means by holding conferences, rallies, seminars and work with different departments to cut back demand and supply remedy to victims.
Acknowledging the truth that numerous good work has been completed towards Drugs by the Punjab Police in August month by seizing round 200 kgs of heroin, he pressured on the necessity to additional intensify the vigil towards drug smugglers.
He additionally ordered all the sector officers to totally examine from side to side linkages of all of the FIRs registered below the NDPS act and successfully forfeit the properties of huge fish. He additionally requested all of the models to determine drug hotspots of their jurisdictions and make their very own technique to make their jurisdictions drug-free.
Stressing on the necessity to contain the general public within the combat towards medication, the DGP requested all of the SHOs to work together with the widespread individuals and share their contact numbers with them in order that they’ll be happy to share any info with the Police.
Meanwhile, all of the CPs/SSPs have additionally been requested to rope in sports activities, well being and schooling departments and maintain consciousness programmes together with cycle rallies, portray competitions, nukkad nataks, and so forth to sensitise individuals about ill-effects of the medication.