War on Drugs: Record seizures reflect our honest intent, says Gaurav Yadav, Punjab DGP
Anyone supplying drugs in Punjab in commercial quantity is a big fish. We have been acting against all those with links to this trade, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said Q: The drug issue is back at the centrestage of Punjab politics again. I won’t go into the political reasons but it is certain that Punjab […]Read More
War against drugs: Punjab cracks down on narco-terror nexus
Narco-terrorism is fast spreading its tentacles in the border state that is battling a deep-rooted nexus between arms suppliers, separatist elements, drug smugglers and local dealers selling the drug to fund terror-related operations. Whether it’s drones dropping contraband from Pakistan or international suppliers targeting Punjab as a potential market, the only way to fight the […]Read More
Hasleen Kaur says her CAT get-up led to people confusing her for a real cop in Punjab: ‘Even a constable asked me…’
Hasleen Kaur shares how playing a Punjab Police officer in CAT led to people confusing her for a real cop in Tarn Taran when they shot there. As a former Miss India, Hasleen Kaur is expected to be glamourous. However, for the model-turned-actor, her glamour quotient ends at Instagram. Which is why even as fans […]Read More
Ludhiana: Dog squad sniffs out 3.3 lakh litre hooch along banks of Sutlej river
Under a special pilot project of the Punjab government, the excise department used sniffer dogs to detect illicit liquor and recovered 3.3 lakh-litre hootch from various locations along the banks of Sutlej river Under a special pilot project of the Punjab government, the excise department used sniffer dogs to detect illicit liquor and recovered 3.3 […]Read More
Netflix series delves into the life of a police informer: Meet the Gurdaspur man behind CAT, a series on Punjab’s dark decade
From its creator to cast, language to locations— CAT has Punjab deeply embedded into it at every level. Currently trending as the No 1 TV show on OTT platform Netflix, CAT is an eight-episode series set in the 1990s insurgency-hit Punjab, on the many shades of the life of Gurnaam Singh, a young man who […]Read More
Narcotics make inroads into Muktsar, 14 deaths in 5 months
Just like Maqboolpura village in Amritsar, Jhorar village, situated around 13-km away from Malout town in Muktsar district is also infamous for drugs. Locals say that nearly 40 cases have been registered under the NDPS Act against villagers in the past five years. The village has a population of 7,000 and 100 of them have […]Read More
Punjab Police doing best to wipe out drug menace, says DGP Gaurav Yadav
“In Punjab, there is a widespread drug threat, which is well-known to the state police. The police are doing their best and public cooperation is needed to wipe out the menace,” said Gaurav Yadav, Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, while taking to newsmen in Tarn Taran on Monday. The DGP was in Tarn Taran […]Read More
20 Kg Heroin Seized In Punjab; International Drug Racket Busted: Police
“It was a meticulously planned operation in which we arrested one key person and seized more than 20 kg of heroin,” Deputy Director General of NCB (Chandigarh) Gyaneshwar Singh said. An international drug racket having links across the border was busted following the recovery of 20 kg heroin and the arrest of one person in […]Read More
Rs 200 crore drugs on Pak boat caught near Gujarat coast, were ordered from Punjab jail
The Indian Coast Guard and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad seized a Pakistani boat with drugs worth 200 crores near the Gujarat coast. HIGHLIGHTS A Pakistani boat carrying 40 kgs of drugs was seized near Gujarat coast The drugs are estimated to be worth Rs 200 crore The drugs were ordered by a inmate in a jail […]Read More
562 major drug dealers arrested in last two months: Punjab Police
Police officials said they have also registered a total of 3,236 first information reports (FIRs), of which 328 were for commercial quantity. Punjab Police have arrested as many as 4,223 drug smugglers including 562 major ones since July 5, 2022. Police officials said they have also registered a total of 3,236 first information reports (FIRs), […]Read More
