A patrolling team from Sunni police station in Shimla district detained a man in Basantpur market after linking him to a consignment of charas found during the patrol.[1] Officers on patrol said they spotted the man in a suspicious condition, throwing away a plastic pouch and trying to slip away quickly.[1] When the officers searched the discarded pouch, they recovered 17.5 grams of charas from it.[1][2] Police sealed the recovered consignment at the spot itself and took it into police custody as case property.[1]

Sunni police then registered a case in the matter under Section 20 of the NDPS Act.[1][2] Police identified the arrested man as Bhagat Ram, son of Mathu Ram.[1][2] His recorded address is village Mandialu, post office Basantpur, tehsil Sunni, in Shimla district.[1] In sum, the patrol produced a single arrest and a 17.5-gram charas recovery in Basantpur market.[1]