Shimla, June 10 -- The Shimla Police have achieved a major breakthrough in their ongoing crackdown against narcotics trafficking with the arrest of an alleged key distributor linked to an interstate heroin supply network operating in Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday.

The arrest was made during the investigation of First Information Report (FIR), registered on February 23, 2026, under Sections 21, 29 and 27A of the NDPS Act at Baluganj Police Station in Shimla district.

According to police, the case initially progressed on April 24, 2026, when a team from Baluganj Police Station recovered around seven grams of heroin, commonly known as "chitta", from the possession of Avinash Chauhan (37). During the subsequent investigation...