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Shimla, Sep 20: Two suspected drug smugglers were held in separate incidents here, police said Thursday.

Twenty-six-year-old Rahul alias Happy of Kotkhai town here was held with 12 gram of 'chitta' (synthetic drug) on Wednesday night, Shimla Superintendent of Police Omapati Jamwal said.

A case was registered against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he added.

In a separate incident, 6.50 gram 'chitta' was recovered from Rahul of Fagli area but he managed to flee, the SP said.
 (PTI)


Dharamshala (HP), Sep 18: A man from Amritsar was arrested for possession of 7 kg of charas at Tunuhatti on Pathankot-Dalhousie highway here Monday, police said.

The arrested was identified as Daleep Kumar, son of Bodh Raj from Amritsar, said SP Chamba Monika Bhutungru. Daleep was caught at about 12.40 pm during routine checks conducted by the State Narcotics Crime Control Unit, the SP added.

The police said Daleep was going to Pathankot from Banikhet.

Bhutungru said, "A case was registered in Chawari police station under section 20 of NDPS Act. The accused was arrested on the spot and his vehicle was impounded." Further investigation is going on.
 (PTI)

Shimla, Sep 18: Himachal Police has arrested two suspected drug smugglers from the district and allegedly recovered narcotics from their possession, the police said Tuesday.

Sixteen gram charas has been allegedly recovered from Veer Bahadur of Karchhari village in Rohru tehsil, Shimla Superintendent of Police Omapati Jamwal said.

An FIR has been registered against him after his arrest under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

In another case, nine gram 'chitta' (synthetic drug) has been recovered from 27-year-old Shshank Shaiily, he said.

An FIR has been registered against him under the NDPS Act.
 (PTI)

Jammu, Aug 27: Three suspected drug peddlers were arrested after heroin and poppy straw were allegedly recovered from their possession in Jammu division, the police said today.

Raju Singh and Kulvinder Singh of Ludhiana were arrested during vehicle checking in Jammu city last evening, a police official said.

He said 20 kgs of poppy straw was recovered from their possession.

A local drug peddler Kewal Krishan alias Nikka Billa was arrested after three gms of heroin was recovered from his possession at Sattani village in Udhampur district yesterday, the official said.

He said an FIR under the NDPS Act was registered against him.
 (PTI)

Jammu, Jul 7 : Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested after police recovered 413 kgs of poppy straw from a Punjab-bound truck laden with vegetables here, a police official said today.

A police party signalled a truck to stop for checking at Sunjwan Morh near Bhatindi last evening but the driver tried to speed away, the official said.

He said the police party intercepted the vehicle after a brief chase and recovered the contraband from it.

Two persons including truck driver Umar Riyaz, a resident of Wuyan village of Pampore in south Kashmir, were arrested and booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the official said.

The truck was on its way to Amritsar in Punjab from Kashmir and the value of the seized contraband in the black market was around Rs 17 lakhs, the police official said.PTI



Jammu, Aug  1 : A drug peddler was arrested today with a contraband of smack in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
''A drug peddler identified as Sonu Malhotra (27), resident of Rajbagh was this morning nabbed with 5.3 grams of smack,'' police here said.
They said the contraband was meant for his personal use and distribution among the youth.

''We have registered a case under NDPS Act and started the investigation,'' police added.UNI