Two persons have been arrested with 18 grams of chitta (heroin) in Shimla’s Sunni, police said on Thursday.
The accused were identified as Mahesh Kumar (28), a resident of Khamrala village under Karsog tehsil, Mandi district, and Manorama Devi (34), a resident of Jhamyat village in Bhoranj tehsil, Hamirpur.
The police said the accused were caught during a check near Gharat Nala in Sunni.
Shimla Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gaurav Singh confirmed the report and said a case under Sections 21 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, has been registered against the accused and further investigation is going on.
