Italian national held with charas sent to five-day police custody in Kullu

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Updated At : 01:04 AM Sep 15, 2020 IST

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Shimla, September 14

A 52-year-old Italian national, who was arrested in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district with 1.63 kg of charas, was sent to five-day police custody by a court on Monday, an official said.

Claudio Piccirilli was arrested by a team of the Bhuntar police on Saturday evening after the recovery of the charas at the Bajaura check-post when he was going from Manali to Delhi in a bus, Kullu Superintendent of Police Gaurav Singh said.

The SP said Piccirilli had hidden charas in his briefcase.

He was going to Delhi after staying at a guest house in Manali.

Piccirilli had come to India before the government imposed a nationwide lockdown in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, the SP added. PTI

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