Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 5 (ANI): Shimla Police arrested one person, a migrant from Nepal and seized over 6 kilograms of opium from his possession on Tuesday.
The Special Investigation Unit of Shimla Police seized a total of 6.855 kilograms of opium from one Bhagat Bahadur, a Nepali migrant who was working as a labourer in Sapilo village of Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. We have registered a case against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Shimla s Superintendent of Police Mohit Chawla said.
Bahadur, a resident of Karnali Zone in Nepal s Jumla district was arrested at 4:00 AM while he was on a Himachal state transport bus which was on its way to Chandigarh from Rekong-Peo here. (ANI)
After recent snowfall in several places in Himachal Pradesh, people from various parts of the country especially from neighbouring Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh are thronging its tourist hotspots to usher in the New Year. Most hotels in major tourist areas including Shimla, Manali, Dalhousie and Kufri were fully booked from Christmas till December 27 and they are also expected to be totally occupied from December 31 till January 3, said Mohinder Seth, president of an association of Himachal Pradesh tourism industry stakeholders. Seth said the state government allowed the entry of tourists in July after an over three-month ban due to the pandemic, but the tourist hotspots of the hill state have witnessed the highest number of tourists on Christmas.
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