Four arrested with 17.180 g of charas at Tandi checkpoint
Lahaul-Spiti police arrested four men after finding 17.180 grams of charas in their car at a checkpoint near the Tandi petrol pump on National Highway 03 on 25 October 2026. Keylong police registered FIR 43/2026 under section 20 of the NDPS Act and are investigating where the consignment came from and where it was to be delivered.
🇮🇳 Tandi, Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh · India
Four men were arrested after Lahaul-Spiti police found 17.180 grams of charas, a
cannabis resin, in their car near the Tandi petrol pump on National Highway 03.[1]The district police said they recovered the charas during a checkpoint
there and registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
Act.[2]The car, registration HP29B9723, was stopped for checking.[3]The
checkpoint was near a dumping site beside the pump, and a team led by Assistant
Sub-Inspector Hemant Kumar was deployed there on 25 October 2026.[3]
Ashwani Rathore, 39, of Paslahar near Chauntra in Mandi district, was driving.[1]Rupesh Kumar, 32, was from Munger district in Bihar and was then living at
Chauntra in Mandi.[1]Mukesh Kumar, 25, of Dhanetar, and Sandeep Kumar, 46, of
Ribl Bhatehad, were also from the Chauntra area.[1]All four car occupants
were taken into custody.[4]
Deputy Superintendent of Police K.D. Sharma confirmed the case and said the
district police were taking strict steps to curb the illegal drug trade.[1]
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An arrested suspect in police custody after the charas seizure near Tandi. Photo: Dainik BhaskarPhoto details
No charge sheet, trial or court outcome is reported; the four men were named in an FIR.
Dainik Bhaskar's headline focuses on one Mandi youth, while Punjab Kesari, Himachal News and Chamba News Express report four arrests; this report uses four.
No estimated value was published for the 17.180 grams of charas.
The reports do not say whether any of the four was later released on bail.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Himachal News: Keylong police registered FIR 43/2026 under section 20 of the NDPS Act.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Himachal News: Officers seized the car along with the charas.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Himachal News: Hemant Kumar is investigating where the consignment came from and to whom it was to be delivered.
Kangra district police's CIA team arrested two men from Chamba district with 1.107 kg of charas in the Sokru Dam area of Baijnath. A case was registered under the NDPS Act at Baijnath police station, and police said they were questioning the men about the source of the charas and where it was to be supplied.
Police in Sirari bazaar in Bihar's Sheikhpura district seized 150 grams of ganja from a paan stall and arrested Doman Singh, also known as Prabhakar Singh. The stall stands on Purana Station Road within 500 metres of an educational institution, and the station chief said an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act.
Bandipora police arrested two men travelling on a scooty at Gunchipora near Bakshi Bund on 11 November 2026 and recovered 914 grams of a suspected cannabis powder-like substance from them. Police registered FIR No. 244/2026 at Police Station Sumbal under the NDPS Act and said they were investigating the source of the contraband and its supply links.
Police in Station Ghanpur, Jangaon district, Telangana, arrested four men accused of selling dried ganja, including the man who bought some, and seized 40 grams of the drug, a mobile phone and 1,000 rupees in cash. Circle Inspector S. Srinivas said a case was registered against the four and they were remanded to judicial custody.
