Chandigarh: Stepping up its decisive conflict towards medication as per instructions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police has launched the subsequent part of the ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ marketing campaign with a centered three-day statewide Particular Marketing campaign towards unlawful hawala merchants and operators— who facilitate the motion of drug cash and maintain narcotics networks, mentioned Director Common of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav right here on Wednesday.
“Punjab Police has adopted a strong monetary disruption technique below the Yudh Nashian Virudh marketing campaign, geared toward figuring out, tracing, freezing and confiscating the monetary property generated by means of drug trafficking,” mentioned the DGP.
Because the launch of the marketing campaign, Punjab Police has systematically dismantled the monetary infrastructure of organised drug trafficking networks by means of sustained authorized motion towards drug traffickers, hawala operators, drug proceeds, and illegally acquired property. The marketing campaign additional seeks to dismantle the financial infrastructure of drug syndicates.
DGP Gaurav Yadav highlighted that the aggressive concentrating on of clandestine channels has dealt a extreme blow to narco-hawala syndicates. Within the Yudh Nashian Virudh marketing campaign to this point, devoted enforcement operations have led to the arrest of 73 hawala operators and the restoration of ₹10 crore in hawala cash.
To deprive drug traffickers of their illicit good points and create a long-lasting deterrent, DGP Gaurav Yadav revealed that property price over ₹830 crore have been frozen below Part 68F of the NDPS Act since 2022. Greater than 1,727 property-freezing proposals have been efficiently confirmed by the Competent Authority, he added.
Alongside these main actions towards illicit monetary facilitators, police groups have additionally recovered greater than ₹20 crore in drug proceeds from the accused individuals since March 1, 2025 alone.
Terming this unprecedented success closely supported by intensive investigations and intelligence-led policing, the DGP mentioned, “The struggle towards narcotics can’t be gained by means of arrests and seizures alone. By concentrating on hawala networks, proceeds of crime, and illegally acquired properties, we’re depriving traffickers of their financial advantages and guaranteeing they can not reinvest proceeds into unlawful actions.”
In the meantime, the Punjab police pressure has adopted a zero-tolerance strategy towards medication and stays firmly dedicated to breaking the monetary spine of drug trafficking.
