New Delhi, May 1: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh Sunday claimed his government’s anti-drug task force was “close to major results and has broken the back of its cartels in the state”. He was answering queries as to why he had not been able to root out the drug menace within a month of assuming power, as promised by the Congress.
“Since we came to power, 1,400 peddlers have been arrested. We need to reach the sharks. Our team says we are close to major results. I cannot say today if there is a political nexus in Punjab’s drug trade. The law will take its course. I have ordered there should be no vendetta. Heroin prices are already up 60 per cent, which means markets have been compressed. We have broken the back of Punjab’s drugs cartel,” he said.
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