Interstate drug racket busted, 2 held with over 1.28 kg charas: UT Police

Police said that they seized 1 kg and 56 gm of charas from the bag of the accused, Rahul (26), a resident of Charkhi Dadri in Haryana.

A case was registered under Section 20 of the NDPS Act at the Mauli Jagran police station, they said.

During four days of remand, Rahul disclosed that he had procured the contraband from a supplier, identified as Krishan Chand, a resident of Manikaran in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, police said.

Acting on the information, an Operations Cell team conducted a follow-up operation and arrested Krishan Chand (38) from Parvati Central Cafe in Uchdhar village, under the Manikaran police station, police said.

Police said that they seized an additional 228 gm of charas from Krishan’s possession, following which Section 29 of the NDPS Act was added to the case.

Investigations found that Krishan was supplying charas to Rahul, who would distribute the contraband in the tricity area, police said.

“Both accused were involved in drug peddling for a considerable period. Rahul is stated to be running a hotel in Kasol on a lease basis, while Krishan works as a taxi driver in Manikaran. Both accused have no previous criminal record,” a police officer said.