Punjab police tightens court security, arrests 109 smugglers

Amidst the heightened security to ensure peaceful celebrations of forthcoming Independence Day-2025 as committed by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police on Tuesday conducted a cordon and search operations (CASO) at and around all the District and Sub-Divisional Courts across the state to ensure foolproof security arrangements at all the Judicial Complexes.

The checking was conducted simultaneously in all the 28 Police districts of the state on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav.

Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla said that the CPs/SSPs were directed to personally monitor this operation and make sufficient number of Police teams to carry out checking under the the supervision of SP rank officers. He said that CPs/SSPs were also asked to conduct checking of all suspicious persons in and around the court complex, besides, carrying out checking of all the vehicles parked around the complex by using the Vahan app.

He said that Police teams were also asked to make sure that Door Frame Metal Detector (DFMDs) and Closed-Circuit Television (CCTVs) cameras installed at premises of Judicial Complexes are functioning.

Sharing more details, the Special DGP said that Police teams have frisked as many as 694 suspicious people found roaming around the court complexes. As many as 1160 vehicles stationed at different parkings around court premises were also checked during which Police teams have also issued 129 challans and impounded four vehicle.

Meanwhile, Police teams have continued its cordon and search operation (CASO) against drugs on Day 157, and conducted raids at 397 locations on Tuesday leading to the arrest of 109 drug smugglers after registration of 89 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 24,748 within 157 days.

The Special DGP said that the raids have resulted in recovery of 1.5 kg heroin, 1.1 kg opium, 35 quintals poppy husk and Rs 44,910 drug money from the possession of arrested drug smugglers.

He informed that over 180 Police teams, comprising over 1300 police personnel, under the supervision of 82 gazetted officers have conducted raids across the state and checked as many as 437 suspicious persons during the day long operation.

The Special DGP said that with the state government has enforced a three-pronged strategy— Enforcement, Deaddiction and Prevention (EDP)— to eradicate drugs from the state, the Punjab Police as part of ‘De-addiction’ has convinced 79 persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment today.