Singh has been at the forefront in the battle against drug addiction since he became chief minister in March 2017. He has set up a special task force against the drug menace with one thousand policemen

headed by an Additional Director General of Police-rank officer.

“I have been informed that the supply line of the drugs has been broken. So heroin and all these things which were being smuggled are no longer happening,” Singh said. The state’s border with Pakistan was the major transit route for drug traicking into India and over the years, Punjab had emerged as a major consumer state, making drug abuse a political issue in the assembly elections in 2017.

Source: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/covid-19-breaks-narcotics-supply-chain-in-punjab-824499.html