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Shimla, May 3
Himachal Pradesh police claimed that it has siezed huge quantity of Chitta on Sunday the recovered contraband reported having international cost of Rs three Crore।
In back-to-back operations that signal a sharpened offensive against drug trafficking, the Special Task Force (STF) of Himachal Pradesh Police has seized over 2.8 kilograms of narcotics and arrested five persons in Una and Kangra districts.
The coordinated action forms part of the State’s ongoing “Chitta-Free Himachal” campaign, under which enforcement agencies have stepped up intelligence-based interventions to choke supply lines.
In Una district, STF teams acting on specific inputs laid a naka near Santoshgarh on Sunday and intercepted a vehicle (HP 20 J 6570). A detailed search led to the recovery of 1.005 kg heroin, commonly referred to as chitta, from three occupants.
All three were arrested on the spot, and a case under the NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station Una. Investigators are now working to identify the broader supply network linked to the consignment.
A day earlier in Kangra district, STF personnel intercepted a motorcycle at Bully Kothi in Baijnath and recovered 1.792 kg charas from two individuals. Both accused were taken into custody and the vehicle seized.
An FIR has been lodged at Police Station Baijnath, with probe agencies examining interstate linkages and the forward and backward chain of supply.
Police officials said the twin seizures underline a targeted strategy aimed at dismantling drug networks at multiple levels, from carriers to organised operators.
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Director General of Police Ashok Tewari termed the operations a decisive step in the fight against narcotics, asserting that a zero-tolerance, intelligence-driven approach is being pursued across the State. He called for public cooperation, urging citizens to share information and support efforts to curb the drug menace.
The latest crackdown is expected to intensify enforcement pressure across vulnerable corridors, even as authorities continue to track and dismantle inter-district and interstate trafficking routes.
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