<p>Chandigarh, Mar 12 (PTI) Punjab Police on Wednesday said it arrested 118 drug smugglers in raids at 543 locations as part of its ongoing anti-drug drive.</p>.<p>In all, police have nabbed 658 drug smugglers in the past 12 days, it said.</p>.<p>Police also recovered 994 grams of heroin, 4,633 intoxicant tablets or injections and Rs 1.47 lakh cash from the possession of arrested drug smugglers.</p>.Punjab Police arrests FBI-wanted drug dealer.<p>The operation was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav simultaneously across Punjab's districts.</p>.<p>Special DGP Arpit Shukla said more than 250 police teams, comprising over 1,600 police personnel, conducted these raids and checked 659 "suspicious persons" during the daylong operation.</p>.<p>Police also checked ot 281 pharmaceutical shops in five districts – Fatehgarh Sahib, Commissionerate Police Ludhiana, Ludhiana Rural, Khanna and Malerkotla – to ensure that they were not selling intoxicating tablets or any other habit-forming drugs.</p>.<p>Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has set a deadline of three months to make the state drug-free. </p>
<p>Chandigarh, Mar 12 (PTI) Punjab Police on Wednesday said it arrested 118 drug smugglers in raids at 543 locations as part of its ongoing anti-drug drive.</p>.<p>In all, police have nabbed 658 drug smugglers in the past 12 days, it said.</p>.<p>Police also recovered 994 grams of heroin, 4,633 intoxicant tablets or injections and Rs 1.47 lakh cash from the possession of arrested drug smugglers.</p>.Punjab Police arrests FBI-wanted drug dealer.<p>The operation was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav simultaneously across Punjab's districts.</p>.<p>Special DGP Arpit Shukla said more than 250 police teams, comprising over 1,600 police personnel, conducted these raids and checked 659 "suspicious persons" during the daylong operation.</p>.<p>Police also checked ot 281 pharmaceutical shops in five districts – Fatehgarh Sahib, Commissionerate Police Ludhiana, Ludhiana Rural, Khanna and Malerkotla – to ensure that they were not selling intoxicating tablets or any other habit-forming drugs.</p>.<p>Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has set a deadline of three months to make the state drug-free. </p>