Additional IG/CCPO Aslam Tareen, who is also chairman Lahore Drug Free City Project, on Monday said that full devotion, strength and dedication is needed to make Lahore a drug free city.
He made this statement while presiding over a meeting held to review the performance of various departments over the last six months.
The meeting informed him that as many as 4233 cases were registered arresting 4368 persons involved in drug business, recovering 115.644 kg heroin, 25.288 kg opium, 590.552 kg chars and 28412 bottles of liquor in connection with the on going crackdown against the drug sellers. Lahore police registered 63 cases u/s 9C CNSA against listed drug lords while ANF raided 41 drug dens during the period.
He directed all departments to send progress report regarding their working besides ensuring that the focal persons appointed by the departments attended the LDFCP meetings in person instead of sending some other representative so as to make the meeting progress oriented.
He said that the Civil Lines Division has been declared drug free zone in accordance with the project’s targets and Special Branch has been asked to report in case this activity was still found to be in operation.
He directed SSP Sahriq Kamal to prepare and circulate a performa regarding the progress reports to all departments. DG Social Welfare Malik Aslam informed the meeting that medical social welfare officers of four Lahore teaching hospitals recorded case histories of 876 drug users out of 990 brought there fro treatment, held meetings with families of 469 and 373 such patient were detoxified during the period.
