Chandigarh Police nab charas supplier from Himachal

Acting on a tip-off that charas was being supplied to Chandigarh from the hill state, a police team kept a close watch on the suspected movement of suppliers for several days, sometimes in uniform and sometimes in plain clothes

Chandigarh Police arrested a man supplying charas from Himachal Pradesh to the city. The accused, Dhani Ram, a resident of Mansa village in Kullu district, was caught with 435 gm charas during a special operation by the Manimajra police.

During interrogation, Dhani Ram revealed that he was a farmer in Kullu and had bought the recovered charas from Himachal. (HT)

Acting on a tip-off that charas was being supplied to Chandigarh from the hill state, a police team kept a close watch on the suspected movement of suppliers for several days, sometimes in uniform and sometimes in plain clothes.

During surveillance in Manimajra, police spotted a man walking on the road in a suspicious manner. When signalled to stop, he tried to run away, but the police team swiftly apprehended him. A search of his belongings led to the recovery of 435 gm charas.

During interrogation, Dhani Ram revealed that he was a farmer in Kullu and had bought the recovered charas from Himachal. Police said he used to smuggle the drug in fruit and vegetable-loaded trucks from Himachal to Chandigarh to evade detection during transit.