Punjab police launch special drive to secure borders, nab smugglers

Special Director General of Police (SDGP) Arpit Shukla on Friday, chalked out a “foolproof strategy” with the Border Security Force (BSF) to completely break the supply chain of drugs and to counter the Drone operations at Punjab’s international borders, which have emerged as the new modus operandi to smuggle drugs from across the border.
The Special DGP accompanied by IG, BSF Jalandhar, Dr Atul Fulzele was holding a Joint coordination-cum-review meeting with senior officials of BSF, Punjab Police, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and other Central Agencies at BSF Jalandhar headquarters to further strengthen the security at the state border to prevent the cross border smuggling.
IGP Pradeep Yadav, DIG Ferozepur Range Ranjit Singh Dhillon and six DIGs of BSF were among the other senior officials, who attended the meeting. Giving a call for total synergy and teamwork between BSF and Punjab Police, SDGP Shukla said that it was time that both elite forces worked as one team to gather and share real-time intelligence. The Punjab government, he said, already sanctioned Rs 20 crore for the installation of CCTV cameras in border areas to strengthen the second line of defence and keep vigil against smugglers.