Two held with 43.56 gm heroin in Himachal's Nurpur, interstate drug network busted

Shimla, June 15 -- An interstate drug trafficking network was busted with the seizure of 43.56 grams of heroin (chitta) from two persons during a naka checking operation at Kandwal checkpoint in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh.

Acting on specific inputs, the Central Intelligence team intercepted and searched a Swift car bearing registration number HP94-7541 at the interstate checkpoint. During the search, police recovered 43.56 grams of heroin from the occupants of the vehicle, said Nurpur Police district Superintendent of Police, Kulbhushan Verma.

The accused were identified as Akshay Kumar (29), a resident of Samloti village in Kangra district, and Sawaran Singh (28), a native of Babehali village in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, who wa...