Chandigarh: Punjab Police, in their daily report on Thursday, 29 October, said teams conducted 528 raids on Day 282 of the 'Gangstran Te Vaar' campaign at identified and mapped locations linked to gangster associates across the state, arresting 188 people — taking total arrests since the campaign's launch to 81,499, according to the police's own release.

Police said preventive action was also taken against 153 persons that day, and 12 proclaimed offenders were arrested. According to the release, the campaign was launched by Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav on 20 January 2026, and district teams are operating in coordination with the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF). Police repeated the anti-gangster helpline number 93946-93946 for anonymous tips.

The same release carried the day's figures for the anti-drug drive: on Day 607 of 'Yudh Nashian Virudh', 105 drug smugglers were arrested and 21.3 kg of heroin, 191 intoxicant pills and Rs 5,650 in drug money were recovered — taking cumulative drug-smuggler arrests to 89,130 in 607 days, police said. Police added that 18 persons were persuaded to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment that day.

To be clear: every figure in this story is Punjab Police's own reported number from its official daily release — a police account of arrests and seizures, not a court finding, and not independently audited. The reports reviewed carried no opposition or independent reaction, and none has been added.

What happens next: the two drives are the government's most visible law-and-order programmes, and ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections these daily tallies will remain the main evidence the government cites for its drugs and gangster claims — figures the opposition has repeatedly questioned in the past, though it had issued no statement on this specific report at the time of writing.