Last updated: 1 June 2025

9779100200: Public can send Drug related suspicious activities directly to autorities^[1]
-- Ticket based monitoring and Daily tracking^[1:1]
-- WhatsApp Chatbot being used ^[1:2]
-- Informer details are kept confidentiality

1 March - 31 May 2025^[2]:
-- 7,635 tips received from the public on the Drug Helpline
-- 1,596 FIRs and 1,814 arrests from these tips

1905 complaints received on this helpline as of 11 Jan 2024^[3]
-- Action has been taken in 856 complaints
-- FIRs in 31 cases have been registered

¶ Features^[1:3]

• Launch of a WhatsApp number, allowing citizens to report drug-related activities directly to the authorities
• Identity of public will be kept secret
• Launched by CM Mann on 28 Aug 2024

¶ ANTF

• Special Anti-Drugs Unit

REFERENCES:

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1. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/punjab-cm-bhagwant-mann-launches-anti-drug-helpline-whatsapp-chatbot/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

2. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-dgp-hails-success-of-anti-drug-campaign-says-fight-isn-t-over-101748721694035.html ↩︎

3. https://yespunjab.com/cm-mann-seeks-amit-shahs-intervention-for-setting-up-special-ndps-courts-to-check-drug-menace/ ↩︎