Continuing its special operation against drugs and anti-social elements launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann consecutively for the third day, Punjab Police on Tuesday conducted an intensive checking of two-wheelers and four wheelers at strong Police nakas installed across the State.

The checking was conducted on the directions of the state Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav from 11 am to 3 pm simultaneously in all 28 Police districts.

Special DGP, Law and Order, Arpit Shukla, who was personally monitoring the state-level operation, said that all the Commissioners of Police and the Senior Superintendents of Police were asked to put one strong naka under the supervision of Inspector rank officer in the jurisdiction of each Police Station and conduct intensive checking of all motorcycles and other vehicles. CPs, and SSPs were also asked to round up suspicious people for their verification, he added.

He said that during the operation, a thorough search of suspected vehicles or persons was conducted while ensuring minimum inconvenience to the general public. Besides checking the vehicles, Police teams have also verified the registration numbers of vehicles using the VAHAN mobile app, he added.

“We had strictly instructed all the Police personnel to deal with every commuter in a friendly and polite manner while checking their vehicles during this operation,” he added. “As many as 372 well-coordinated strong nakas involving over 2,684 police personnel were set up under the supervision of Inspectors or DSPs,” he added.

He said that as many as 12,040 vehicles were checked in this four-hour long operation, of which 603 were challaned and 35 were impounded. The police teams have also checked 4,236 suspicious persons during the checking.