The Punjab Police on Tuesday conducted an intensive checking of two-wheelers and four-wheelers at checkpoints set up across the state as part of a special operation against drugs and anti-social elements, officials said.
They said 603 vehicles were fined during the four-hour drive and 35 were impounded. Police teams also checked 4,236 suspicious persons, the police said. Special director general of police Arpit Shukla said during the operation, a thorough search of suspected vehicles and persons was conducted while ensuring minimum inconvenience to the general public.
He said 372 well-coordinated checkpoints involving over 2,684 police personnel were set up. As part of the ongoing special anti-drug awareness campaign, police in SBS Nagar district organised a district-level cycle rally to sensitise people about the detrimental effects of drugs and exhort them to live a healthy life.