Two arrested with 2-kg charas

The Palampur Police has stepped up its campaign against drug trafficking here and succeeded in arresting a number of drug peddlers. The police have busted three gangs of drug suppliers in the past three months which have been active in Palampur and its adjoining areas. Acting on a tip-off, the police today intercepted a vehicle on the Pathankot-Mandi highway and recovered 2-kg charas from two residents of Padhar in Mandi district. They were on their way to supply narcotics to their local handlers. The police have arrested both the persons and a case under different provisions of Narcotic Act has been registered in Palampur police station. Palampur SHO Bhupinder Singh said that drug trafficking had emerged as a major challenge for the police and that a campaign had been launched in the district to eliminate the drug mafia.

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