In a symbolic gesture to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the Punjab Police, in the first-of-its-kind State-wide drive on June 26, destroyed several quintals of illicit drugs at various places across all the 24 Police Districts, reports The Pioneer. The destruction of the drugs came amid Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s declaration that while the back of the drugs mafia had been successfully broken, the war was still continuing, with narco-terrorists from across the border continuing to push drugs into Punjab, using drones and other routes. Giving details of the drugs destroyed, the Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta said that the teams of Punjab Police took over the task of destroying 62.140 kilograms of heroin, along with 326.52 quintals of poppy husk, 12.536 kilograms of charas, 490 grams of sulfa, 755.905 kilograms of smack, 1.970 kilograms of brown sugar, 148.280 kilograms of intoxicant powder, 137.106 kilograms of ganja, along with 14,36,410 pills or capsules, 9941 syringes, and 1101 syrup bottles.