As part of the anti-drug campaign, the district police arrested 13 people at various locations and seized 100 grams of opium, 112.75 grams of heroin, and 250 narcotic capsules. Thermal police arrested Tinku alias Babbu, a resident of Janta Nagar, near the railway overbridge on Malout Road with 3.50 grams of heroin. Cantt police station arrested Sagar Singh, a resident of Kotha Baba Lakha Singh, Bhucho Mandi, from the Central Jail parking lot with 68.25 grams of heroin. CIA Staff-2 also arrested a woman named Jyoti from the Beed Talab area with 30 grams of heroin.
Nathana police station arrested Harmel Singh, a resident of Kalyan Sukhkha, near the Ganga village bus stand with 90 banned capsules. Bhagta Bhaika police station arrested Tarsem Singh, a resident of Jalal, from Dayalpura village with 100 grams of opium, while a team from the same police station arrested Jaswinder Singh from Hamirgarh village with 100 narcotic capsules.