New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Two accused persons were sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and fined Rs 1 lakh each, while another was awarded one year of RI and a fine of Rs 10,000 after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Chandigarh Zonal Unit, secured the conviction of three accused in an interstate Charas trafficking case, according to an official press release.

The convicted accused have been identified as Joginder Singh, Anil Kumar and Raj Kumar alias Raju. The case relates to the seizure of 16.5 kg of Charas by the NCB in 2018.

According to the NCB, on December 18, 2018, a team of the NCB, Chandigarh, foiled an attempt to smuggle 16.5 kg of Charas across the Himachal Pradesh-Chandigarh border. A car carrying the contraba...