Setting a records of sorts in the ongoing statewide campaign ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ (war on drugs), the Police Commissionerate, Ludhiana, have outperformed the state average on various parameters in the fight against drugs and organised crime.The state average is calculated by adding total recoveries, arrests, cases registered, etc, under the NDPS Act or in the organised crime parameters in the state and then dividing the particular parameter with 28 (25 police districts and three police commissionerates in the state).Internal reports regarding the action taken against drugs and organised crime prepared by the Ludhiana police and of districts leading in the state’s average on various parameters, copy of which is with The Tribune, clearly states in terms of NDPS cases registered, smugglers arrested, converting tips of Ward Defence Committees(WDC)/Village Defence Committees(VDC) into FIRs, registering FIRs after receiving tips from Safe Punjab Helpline and nominating NDPS suspects in backward links, the Ludhiana district police have been leading.The data states that the Ludhiana police have arrested about 1,978 smugglers since March 1, 2025, while the state average was 1,780. Even as many as 1,536 NDPS cases are registered in this period while the state average rests at 1,309. The Police Commissionerate has also led from the front when it comes to nomination of suspects by probing backward links in drug cases. The city police have booked 1,838 suspects in backward links while the state average on the parameter stands at 1,280.The police data also states that the city police registered 621 FIRs after receiving tips from the Safe Punjab Helpline while the state average shows 504 cases registered under the parameter.The Ludhiana police have also registered 24 FIRs under the NDPS Act after getting tips from the WDCs/VDCs.The drug recovery data procured by The Tribune states that heroin recovery tops the drug recovery chart prepared by the Ludhiana police since 2025. As 32 kg of heroin was recovered followed by 32,443 intoxicating tablets, 581 kg of poppy husk, 199 kg of ganja, 30 kg of opium and Rs 12.61 lakh drug money.Smugglers’ properties worth Rs 97.6 cr attachedAs per the report, the Ludhiana police attached properties of drug smugglers worth Rs 97.64 crore. Even properties worth over Rs 5 crore is also pending for final approval of the authorities concerned for attachment orders.95% conviction rate in drug casesInterestingly, the Ludhiana police have a good conviction rate of 95 per cent in drug cases. From January 1, 2025, to March 14, 2026, professional investigation of the police led to the conviction in 343 drug cases out of 364 brought to courts for trial and as many as 424 drug smugglers were convicted by the courts. Pertinently in December last year, DGP Gaurav Yadav in a tweet stated: “Punjab Police had recorded an 88 per cent conviction rate — the highest in India”.