India News | HP Police Seizes Drugs Worth over Rs 4 Cr; 4 Held

Shimla, Jan 14 (PTI) More than 400 kilograms of drugs worth over Rs 4 crore in the international market has been seized in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, Director General of Police Sanjay Kundu said on Thursday.

In an official statement, he said that the seizure of over 122 kg of charas, a form of cannabis, and 295 kg of ganja (marijuana) is one of the biggest in the state.

According to police four people were arrested.

A 27-member joint team of Kullu district police including personnel from the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) and Banjar police station raided the drug mafia at Gharatgad and Sajahu of Banjar area on Wednesday, Superintendent of Police, Kullu, Gaurav Singh said.

The supplier and the person who was supposed to take delivery of the contraband were caught in Gharatgad and about 111 kilograms charas was recovered from the latter he said, adding that both were locals.

The price of the seized drugs in the international market is more than Rs 3.35 crore, he said.

Subsequently, police raided the houses of two more suspects in Sajahu village and arrested both of them, he said.

Over 11.5 kilograms of charas along with two unlicensed guns were seized from the first house and the accused was booked under section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Act and Section 25 of the Arms Act, Singh said.

The police seized more than 295 kg of ganja from the second house and the accused was booked under the NDPS Act, he added.

The SP said that the operation lasted for about 20 hours.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)