Shimla, April 23 -- A total of 34 accused have been detained under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PIT-NDPS Act) this year by Shimla district police as part of a sustained crackdown on repeat drug offenders, officials said.

Continuing the complaint, police have detained a habitual drug trafficker, Khemraj alias Sunny Walia (40), a resident of Basantpur in Sunni tehsil of the district, under preventive detention provisions of the Act.

According to police, the detention was carried out under Section 3(1) of the PIT-NDPS Act after due approval from the Himachal Pradesh government. Acting on the detention orders, a team from the Sunni police station, with assistance from the Distric...