Crackdown on drug traders: Solan police detain 4 habitual offenders in preventive custody

In a decisive strike against drug traffickers, the Solan police takes four habitual offenders under preventive detention for three months.

They have been identified as Ankush Thakur (36), Naresh Kumar alias Nishu (37) — both residents of Sirinagar panchayat in Kandaghat — Deepak Kumar alias Honey (40), a resident of Dharampur, and Vikas alias Khaula, a resident of Solan.

All four had been involved in heroin trade in various parts of the district and had been booked in multiple cases. Solan SP Gaurav Singh informed that under the state-wide campaign being run by the government against heroin traffickers, the Solan police are continuously acting against habitual offenders.

“As per the state government’s directions, four habitual offenders have been taken into preventive custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988, for a period of three months,” the SP said.

Ten habitual offenders have already been sent to jail under these provisions by the Solan police this year.