Punjab Inspector General of Police Rao Sardar Ali Khan on Monday said that cooperation among the Police, ANF and other law enforcement agencies is need of the hour to eradicate the menace of drugs from society.
“Field commanders along with ANF should intensify intelligence-based operations against criminals involved in smuggling. In this regard, big fish, smugglers and dealers should be detained.”
IG Police Rao Sardar Ali issued the directives to officers while presiding over a high level meeting with ANF Punjab delegation led by Brigadier Rashid Minhas at Central Police Office here on Monday.
The IG Police further directed to ensure provision of all kind of support including personnel and resources to ANF teams for taking actions against drugs smugglers.
Field commanders have further been directed to provide every possible assistance to arrest proclaimed offenders of ANF whereas Elite force teams should also be provided for counter-narcotics operations during extremely high profile operations.
He further said that intelligence-based-operations should be continued on a daily basis in the vicinity of educational institutions and student hostels to save the young generation from falling prey to fashionable drugs i.e ice. He further added that special lectures by ANF specialists in the training colleges of Chung, Sihala and Multan training centers should be made part of training course so that trainee officers and personnel could come to the field aware of ANF’s experience in countering narcotics and fulfil their responsibilities diligently.
It was further decided that Brigadier Rashid Minhas and DIG Operations Lahore Capt (retd) Sohail Chaudhry would jointly plan for the eradication of drugs in Lahore and in the light of this planning, Intelligence-based operations should be continued against drugs dealers and smugglers.
In this regard, reports should be sent to the Central Police Office on a regular basis. During meeting, it was decided to further intensify joint police and ANF operations to eradicate drugs from the society.
Brigadier Rashid Minhas, force commander ANF Punjab, appreciated the cooperation of Punjab Police in operations against drugs smugglers and vowed that these operations would be continued in future on priority basis.
He further said that the reasons for acquittal of the accused in drug cases would be shared with the Punjab Police so that the investigating officers could be assisted in preparing a strong challan.
The IG Police said that police teams are always engaged for the permanent eradication of drugs from society and cooperation and coordination with the ANF would be further enhanced.
On the occasion, Additional IG Operations Sahibzada Shehzad Sultan, Additional IG Investigation, Fayyaz Ahmed Dev, Brigadier Rashid Minhas, Force Commander ANF Punjab, Colonel.
Dilshad Hussain, Joint Director ANF Punjab, Major Waqar Director Operational Punjab, Dr. Farah Ashraf Assistant Director Operational Punjab, Haroon Butt Assistant Director, DIG Investigation Lahore Sharaq Jamal Khan, DIG Operations Lahore Capt (retd) Sohail Chaudhry, DIG IT Waqas Nazir and other officers were also present.
