Police teams recovered 2.5 kg heroin and over three quintals of poppy husk, narcotics, pharma drugs and huge quantity of illicit liquor and lahan (raw material used to make liquor) during the statewide operation.
No anti-social element, including drug smugglers, could get away from the naka being headed by Khanna Police Anti-Narcotic Cell In-charge Jagjiwan Ram, said an official spokesperson.
Those arrested persons have been identified as Sukhvir Singh alias Kala and Binder Singh alias Bindu, both residents of Rajasthan.
Raids are held to dismantle and disrupt the emerging nexus between terrorists, gangsters, drug smugglers and traffickers based in India and abroad.
DGP Gaurav Yadav has given strict instructions to all CPs and SSPs to investigate backward and forward linkages minutely in each and every case, especially related to drug recoveries, even if they recover a meagre amount of drugs.
Police have recovered 6.90 kg heroin, 14.41 kg opium, 5 kg ganja, 6.44 quintals of poppy husk, 2.10 lakh tablets and vials of pharma opioids.
The police have also recovered Rs 2.73 crore of drug money from the possession of drug smugglers arrested in these two months.
"The police have registered a total of 3,236 first information reports (FIRs) (in the drug cases) of which 328 are related to commercial quantity (of drug)," he informed.
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