JALANDHAR/NAKODAR/SHAHKOT/NURMAHAL
The Jalandhar (rural) police on Friday conducted a special operation ‘Operation Eagle’ for searching and rounding up suspicious persons for their verification at vulnerable places, including railway stations and bus stands, in all the five subdivisions
The operation was conducted on the directions of the Director General of Police (DGP), Gaurav Yadav.
Jalandhar (rural) senior superintendent of police Swarandeep Singh said in a press note that ADGP Railway Shahi Prabha Divedhi personally supervised the operation in Jalandhar(rural) police district.
Apart from checking at bus stands and railway stations makes were set up under the supervision of Superintendents of Police (SPs) in the district for a thorough search of suspected vehicles/persons, while ensuring minimum inconvenience to the general public.
The operation was conducted in a synchronized manner from 11 am to 4 pm across the district.
SSP said 25 railway stations,32 hotels, and 263 citizens were checked in this operation and 10 kilograms of poppy husk and 30,000 mm of illicit liquor were recovered, one snatcher was arrested with a motorcycle, purse, and Rs 940, and four proclaimed offenders were arrested and 35 traffic challans were issued to citizens and a gas cylinder was recovered during the operation