Shimla Police have tightened the noose around drug peddlers by arresting 470 of them in six months. Shimla Police claimed that they were able to bring down the impact of drugs and they have nabbed nearly 25 percent of total peddlers arrested across Himachal Pradesh, according to state data.
“If you compare the past records and data during the past six months, we were able to bring down the impact of drugs. We have arrested over 470 people so far, and 315 cases have been registered against retailers and inter-state drug peddlers. As far as Shimla Police is concerned, we have nabbed nearly 25 per cent of the total such peddlers,” said SP Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi. According to state police data, between 1 January and 30 June, the Himachal Police caught 8.688 kg of heroin. In these six months, 1,230 cases have been registered under NDPS ACT and 1,670 people have been arrested in these cases.
Apart from one Nigerian national, 1611 men and 58 women are among those arrested. Apart from heroin (Chitta), the police seized 200.17 kg of cannabis, 15 kg of opium, 374 poppy husk, 27.36 gm of smack and 72 kg of ganja, besides a large number of other intoxicants in these six months.