Punjab DGP Suresh Arora on Saturday asserted that keeping in view the earlier terrorist strikes and intrusion through the Pakistan border, Punjab Police has made proper security arrangements near the international boundary to check any untoward incident relating to terrorist activities.
Presiding over a meeting at Gurdaspur with top officials of the Border belt, he said all out efforts should be made to arrest the gangsters who are still at large.
DGP STF, Mohammad Mustafa, ADGP Law & Order, Ishwar Singh, IGP STF, RK Jaiswal, IGP Border Range, Amritsar, Surinderpal Singh Parmar, SSP Pathankot, Vivek Sheel Soni, SSP Gurdaspur, Swarndeep Singh, SSP Batala, Opinderjit Singh Ghuman and all gazetted officers and SHO's of Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Batala were also present in the meeting.
The DGP said Punjab government has launched a three pronged strategy based on enforcement, de-addiction and prevention (EDP) for comprehensive action against use of drugs. He said there was zero tolerance against drugs and warned that those involved in exploiting and ruining the youth would not be spared at any cost.
He briefed that Punjab Police and STF are the wings of the same department who have to collectively eradicate the menace of drugs, arrest the drug smugglers and also to ensure maximum punishments in the cases registered against them. "The property made through illegal means by these smugglers should also be confiscated as per provision of law", he stressed.
All the officers were directed to conduct regular seminars on drug related issues in the educational institutes, mohallas and in the villages specifically emphasizing on youths apprising them about the ill effects of drugs so that a healthy environment could be created in the society. "New sports clubs should also be opened and youths of the area are motivated to participate in the games to wean away them not to indulge in drugs", he emphasized.