The comprehensive mechanization program features specialized equipment designed to address every sanitation challenge while eliminating the need for human entry into sewer lines.
Acting on precise intelligence, the task force arrested two smugglers, identified as Gurbhej Singh alias Bheja and Abhijeet Singh alias Happy, recovering 4.5 kilograms of heroin and Rs 11 lakh in drug proceeds.
The development comes days after another IAF Apache helicopter made a "precautionary landing" in Saharanpur of Uttar Pradesh due to some technical problems while on a routine sortie, they said.
In a major breakthrough, Amritsar Commissionerate Police dismantled a well-organised narco-hawala cartel led by Arshdeep, currently incarcerated at Goindwal Jail.
Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav, in a post on X, wrote on Saturday: “In a major crackdown on arms smuggling networks, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force, Punjab (#ANTF), @BorderRange, #Amritsar arrests 3 associates of Jugraj Singh with 6 sophisticated foreign-made weapons smuggled from across the border.”
In a major counterintelligence breakthrough, the State Special Operations Cell (SSOC), Mohali, has exposed a high-stakes espionage network with international links, centring around Jasbir Singh, a resident of village Mahlan in Rupnagar district.
In a remark that has ignited political controversy, Punjab Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Singh Mann has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trivializing cultural symbols, saying the party had turned "sindoor" into a joke.
The decision was taken during a meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the Chief Minister’s official residence.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two people, including a senior Indian Revenue Service officer of 2007 batch, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh as a part payment of a total demanded bribe of Rs 45 lakh from a complainant.
In a significant crackdown on narco-illegal arms smuggling networks, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Border Range, Punjab, arrested three drug traffickers near Attari Road here on Wednesday, police said.
