Shaurya Sharma
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 19, 2019: The district police led by Harpal Singh SP( Investigation) launched a massive search operation to nab the drug peddlers and addicts in Madarsai colony, Railway Station, Bye Pass and Brahman Majra area of Sirhind town known for drug sellers and addicts. In the wee hours, when residents were asleep, hundreds of police personnel cordoned the area and started searching the houses. The police took into custody certain suspicious persons.
Amneet Kondal SSP said that Drug addiction is not only the problem of a person or family, but it is the problem of the entire society, which is a big challenge for all of us in present scenario and if we did not waged a war collectively it will become a big curse for the present and future generations. She said though the Police have launched aggressive campaign to eradicate the drugs menace but without the co-operation of the people nothing concrete can be achieved. She called upon the public to share the information about drug peddlers & addicts on her cell number and the informer’s identity will be kept secret. She said all the Gazette Officers and other police officers have been directed to cover each and every village falling in their respective areas to educate the people about the ill effects of the drugs. She said the main stress will be on gathering information about the drug sellers particularly the chemists and quakes. She said the counseling, treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts at OOAT clinic is conducted free of cost.
SP (Investigation) said that various steps have been initiated like checking of drug stores, search operation in drug affected localities, interaction with village panchyats, awareness seminars and to identify addicts, so that they may be treated in OOAT clinics free of cost.