‘Operation Shieldnet’: 98 accused held in Tirunelveli City and district
Police in Tirunelveli have arrested 98 individuals, including 41 hardcore offenders, as part of 'Operation Shieldnet'. This operation targets criminals involved in drug trafficking and other serious crimes. Authorities have stated that the initiative will persist until all troublemakers in the area are apprehended.
- ▪98 criminals were arrested in Tirunelveli City and district under 'Operation Shieldnet'.
- ▪The operation was launched on the instructions of Inspector General of Police, South Zone, Vijayendra Bidari.
- ▪41 of the arrested individuals are hardcore offenders, including 37 history-sheeters.
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Police arrested 98 criminals including 41 hardcore offenders in Tirunelveli City and 57 others in Tirunelveli district on Wednesday under the ‘Operation Shieldnet’, which was launched in the South Zone on instructions from Inspector General of Police, South Zone, Vijayendra Bidari.The Tirunelveli City Police arrested 41 criminals including 37 history-sheeters and 4 other troublemakers who have been accused of selling banned narcotic substances and indulging in unlawful activities and heinous crimes.As the Tirunelveli City Police launched ‘Operation Shieldnet’, the intensive preventive policing drive launched on Wednesday (May 20), the criminals were nabbed and remanded in judicial custody.
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