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Since the campaign&#8217;s inception, total arrests have reached 31,430.<br> * **Anti-Drug Operation:** Under the 448-day-long \u2018Yudh Nashian Virudh\u2019 drive, 113 drug smugglers were arrested today. Authorities recovered 12.4 kg of heroin, 279 intoxicant tablets\/capsules, and \u20b92,700 in drug money. Total arrests in this drive now stand at 65,306.<br> * **Public Assistance:** To aid these operations, the public is encouraged to report information on gangsters anonymously via the Anti-Gangster Helpline: **93946-93946**.<br> * **Rehabilitation:** As part of broader de-addiction efforts, 15 individuals were successfully persuaded by police teams to undergo rehabilitation treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/newstokri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/screenshot_20260524-002247_chrome917847842346702120-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstokri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/screenshot_20260524-002247_chrome917847842346702120-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/newstokri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/screenshot_20260524-002247_chrome917847842346702120-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/newstokri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/screenshot_20260524-002247_chrome917847842346702120-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/newstokri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/screenshot_20260524-002247_chrome917847842346702120.png 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab Police continues its high-intensity crackdown against organized crime and narcotics as part of its ongoing state-wide campaigns. * **Anti-Gangster&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[144,69,222,246,269,1433,224],"class_list":["post-2664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-punjab","tag-breaking-news","tag-cm-punjab","tag-crime-news","tag-dgp-punjab","tag-gangster","tag-gangster-arrest","tag-news-tokri"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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