Himachal police arrests interstate drug supplier near India-Pakistan border

Shimla police arrested a key heroin supplier, Akashdeep alias Akash, in connection with a 10.3-gram chitta seizure from two Punjab residents in May 2026.

Shimla police arrested a key heroin supplier in Jalalabad in Punjab, nearly 15 km away from the India-Pakistan border, an official said on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Akashdeep alias Akash (22), is a resident of Megha Panj Grain village in Ferozepur district of Punjab.

Addressing a press conference here, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shimla, Abhishek Dhiman, said that on May 9, 2026, the district police had arrested two Punjab residents -- Gurpreet Singh and Nishan Singh -- with 10.3 grams of chitta (adulterated heroin) from Shimla.

A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 was registered and an investigation was initiated, he said.

He said that during the probe, the police analysed financial transactions as well as digital evidence. ''The accused were also interrogated and backward linkages were established, which revealed that it was Akash who had supplied the contraband to the two accused'' he said.

The ASP said that a police team was sent to Punjab to nab the accused, who was arrested by the police from Jalalabad on May 19. He said that further investigation in the case is underway.