PUNJAB POLICE INVOLVE FOUR STATES & UT TO CONDUCT ‘OPS SEAL-III’ TO CHECK DRUG TRAFFICKING
PUNJAB POLICE INVOLVE FOUR STATES & UT TO CONDUCT ‘OPS SEAL-III’ TO CHECK DRUG TRAFFICKING
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police on Saturday carried out a special operation ‘OPS Seal-III’ aimed at checking all the vehicles entering the border state of Punjab to keep tab at drug trafficking, liquor smuggling and movement of gangsters and anti-social elements.
The operation was conducted in a synchronised manner from 8am to 2pm, jointly with the police forces of four neighbouring states— Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir— and Union Territory Chandigarh on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav.
Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla said that ADGP Bathinda Range, IGsP Rupnagar/Patiala Range and DIGs Border/Jalandhar/Ferozepur/Faridkot Range were asked to coordinate with their counterpart Range IGsP of the Bordering states to ensure effective Nakabandi as part of ‘OPS Seal-III’. All the SSPs of Border districts were directed to mobilise the maximum number of officers and manpower for this operation to lay strong ‘nakas’ at sealing points under the supervision of Gazetted officers/SHOs, he added.
He said that well-coordinated strong nakas involving 1500+ Police Personnel were set up under the supervision of Inspectors/DSPs at all the entry/exit points of 10 districts, which share boundaries with four border states and UT Chandigarh. The 10 inter-state border districts include Pathankot, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Fazilka, Ropar, SAS Nagar, Patiala, Sangrur, Mansa, Hoshiarpur and Bathinda.
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