Shimla, May 17 -- In a major breakthrough against drug trafficking under the state government's 'Chitta-Mukt Himachal' initiative, the Special Task Force (STF) of Himachal Pradesh Police has recovered 256 grams of heroin (chitta) and arrested five individuals in two separate operations across Chamba and Kullu districts, officials said here on Sunday.

According to the police, the operations were part of the ongoing 'Anti-Chitta Campaign' launched by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu to eradicate the drug menace from the state.

In the first operation conducted on May 16, a team of STF Northern Range (Kangra) intercepted a car at Dhuga Danga near Katori Bangla on the Pathankot-Chamba National Highway (NH-154).

During the search, the t...