Kangra police book 21-year-old after 261 g of charas found in his scooter
Kangra police stopped a scooter at a checkpoint on Masal Road in Nagrota Bagwan and found 261 grams of charas in a paper envelope in its storage box on the night of 27 October 2026. A case was registered against the rider, Kartik, a 21-year-old from Tharu village, and police said the charas and the scooter were seized.
🇮🇳 Masal Road, Nagrota Bagwan, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh · India
- Charged
- 1
- Cannabis
- 261 g
The police team was on patrol in Nagrota Bagwan when it received a tip that a
man on a scooter was buying and selling drugs.[1] Officers set up a checkpoint
on Masal Road and searched the scooter in front of independent witnesses.[1]
In the scooter’s storage box they found 261 grams of charas, a hand-rubbed
cannabis resin, in a paper envelope.[1] Superintendent of Police Kulbhushan
Verma said the charas was recovered from the rider, Kartik, on 27 October.[2]
Kartik, a resident of Tharu village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, is about 21.[1]
The village lies near the Jalvimbi post office, the police account said.[3] A
case, numbered 160/2026 and dated 28 October 2026, was registered against him at
Nagrota Bagwan police station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances (NDPS) Act, India’s narcotics law.[1] Police took the charas and
the scooter into custody.[1] Police said the investigation was continuing.[3]
Sources
- नगरोटा बगवां में स्कूटी से 261 ग्राम चरस बरामद, 21 वर्षीय युवक के खिलाफ मामला दर्ज. Ujjwal Himachal, 28 October 2026. In Hindi.
- कांगड़ा में नशे के खिलाफ पुलिस का बड़ा एक्शन: दो अलग-अलग जगहों से चरस और चिट्टा बरामद, जानें पूरा मामला. Jeevan Utsah News, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
- कांगड़ा पुलिस की बड़ी कार्रवाई: अलग-अलग मामलों में 261 ग्राम चरस और 3.11 ग्राम हेरोइन की जब्त. Punjab Kesari (Himachal), 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
Open questions the AI reported
- The exact time is unclear: one account dates the stop to midnight between 27 and 28 October, while the police statement and other reports date the case to 27 October and the case number to 28 October.
- No account says whether Kartik was arrested or produced before a court, and no court outcome is known.
- The same police briefing covered a separate McLeodganj case in which 3.11 grams of heroin (chitta) was seized from a man named Onis Kapoor; heroin is not cannabis, so it is not part of this report.
- No value was published for the 261 grams of charas.
- The cited pages carry headline graphics and reused illustrative image files rather than photographs of this seizure, so no pictures are linked.
