Chirgaon police arrested a 30-year-old man of Nepali origin who worked as a caretaker in an orchard.[1][2][3] The man was identified as Arjun (30), a resident of Rolpa, Nepal, who was employed as the caretaker of that orchard.[1][4]

The search and seizure took place at a shelter in an orchard at Sidroti near Jakhi in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, during a campaign against the illegal drug trade.[1][4] Police said they had received a tip-off that narcotics were being kept in the orchard shelter at Sidroti.[1][4][3] Acting on that information, a police team reached the spot and searched the shelter.[1] In the presence of independent witnesses, officers recovered about 267 grams of charas from a box inside the shelter.[1][4][3]

Police registered a case against the accused under Section 20 of the NDPS Act at Chirgaon police station.[1][4][3] The accused was to be produced in court, and police were continuing their investigation of the case.[1][3]

Police arrested him on 5 November 2026.[4][3] The case was registered at Chirgaon police station as FIR number 116/2026 dated 5 November 2026.[5]

The search was made at Sidroti near Jakhi in the Chirgaon area of Shimla district during a campaign against the illegal drug trade.[3]