Six held wit contraband in Chamba
Chamba, January 10
The police arrested three youths with 5.55 gm of “chitta” at the Lahru checkpoint in the district during a campaign launched against drug trafficking.
Chamba SP Arul Kumar said a vehicle in which three youths were travelling was stopped at the Lahru checkpost and during checking 5.55 gram of “chitta” was seized from their possession.
The accused have been identified as Ranjit Singh (30), Paras Pathania (31) and Manoj Singh (38). They had been arrested, the SP said, adding that a case had been registered against them.
In two separate incidents, the police seized 1.9 kg “charas” from the possession of three persons who were arrested during the last 48 hours, the SP said. The police had laid a naka at the Sillagharat bus stop and on suspicion checked the luggage of two persons, identified as Des Raj and Tilak Raj, and recovered “charas” weighing 1.5 kg from them.
In another incident, the police recovered “charas” weighing 395 gm from Parvesh Kumar (23) at Dhundiara Bangla.— OC
