Chitta flowing into state from Punjab, Delhi, says DIG

Tribune News Service
Dharamsala, January 20

Synthetic drug heroin or chitta was flowing into lower areas of Himachal from Punjab and Delhi. DIG Northern range Sumedha Diwedi said this while talking to newsmen here today.

The DIG said that Himachal police in the recent past had attained success in making comparatively big seizures of heroin. Earlier, peddlers were caught with five to 10 gram of heroin. However, in the recent past seizures of up to 300 grams were made. These seizures were made from big fish in Nurpur area who were further supplying heroin to peddlers in Himachal, she said.

Diwedi further said that the information gathered from the arrested drug peddlers in Kangra and Una district has revealed that chitta was coming into the state from Punjab and Delhi. The peddlers in Kangra were collecting chitta for sale in Himachal from Pathankot or Amritsar districts. In Una district, the peddlers were getting their supplies from Delhi. The information has been shared with the police counterparts in Punjab and Delhi, she said.

The DIG said that drug peddling and illegal mining were the two major criminal activities going on in lower areas of Himachal.

To quell drug peddling, financial investigations have been initiated and properties created by peddlers using drug money were being attached. The steps are likely to act as deterrent for the peddlers, she said.

Elaborating on the illegal mining in Kangra and Una districts, especially along the borders of Punjab, the DIG said the police were doing its bit in checking illegal mining. Police posts have been brought along the border in Kangra and Una districts. Efforts are being made to keep vigil on these areas using drones.

The DIG said the police was extending all cooperation to the mining department to check illegal mining.