Isuzus, Scorpios To Be Added To Fleet

Chandigarh:

Punjab Police will get autos able to excessive speeds as a part of its new initiative of establishing a group devoted in direction of highway security and successfully chasing criminals, officers stated on Monday.

Inspector Common of Police Sukhchain Singh Gill stated 144 autos — 116 Isuzus and 28 Mahindra Scorpios — will likely be bought, including that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had given instructions that the police autos must be such which may successfully chase criminals.

Addressing the media, Gill stated the ‘Sadak Surakhya Pressure’ will likely be set as much as forestall crime and highway accidents. The state authorities has earmarked a sum of Rs 39.50 crore for it, he stated.

Further Director Common of Police A S Rai has been appointed because the nodal officer of the power. The power will likely be geared up with fashionable tools together with physique cameras, GPS fitted autos, breath analyzers, he stated. There will likely be a particular uniform of the power, he added.

Talking on the police’s motion on drug smuggling prior to now yr, Gill stated that 14,952 drug smugglers, together with 2,132 massive smugglers, have been arrested since July 5, final yr. Police has registered 11,147 First Info Experiences (FIRs) on this regard, he stated.

Gill stated police has additionally recovered 987.75 kilograms of heroin from finishing up cordon and search operations in drug-affected areas throughout the state.

Moreover, 147.5 kg of heroin was recovered from seaports of Gujarat and Maharashtra, taking the full efficient restoration of heroin to 1,135.25 kg in 11 months, he stated.

Other than heroin, the IGP stated police additionally recovered 731 kg opium, 840.76 kg ganja, 350.40 quintals of poppy husk, and 62.49 lakh tablets, capsules, injections, vials of pharma opioids from throughout the state, Gill stated.

Rs 11.83 crores of money has additionally been recovered from the possession of drug smugglers arrested in these 11 months, the officer stated.

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