Camptee police stopped two young men at Silasu bridge in the Nainbag check-post area and arrested them after a search found charas in their possession.[1][2][3] The arrested men were identified as Akhilesh Chauhan, son of Shailendra Singh, and Rajmohan, son of Shoorveer Singh, both residents of Devjani village in the Mori police-station area of Uttarkashi district.[1][2][3] Police registered a case against both men under the NDPS Act at Camptee police station and were producing them in court.[1][2]

Officers seized 708 grams of illegal charas, a cannabis resin, from the two men.[1][2][3] Police gave the estimated value of the charas as Rs 1.77 lakh.[1][4][2] The interception and search took place on 1 November 2026.[1][2]

Police said the checking was conducted under Operation Prahar, an anti-narcotics drive being carried out on the directions of Senior Superintendent of Police Shweta Choubey.[1] Tehri police said the campaign against the illegal drug trade would continue and appealed to the public to share information, keeping informants’ identities confidential.[1] The police team included Sub-Inspector Mangesh Kumar, Head Constable Akbar Ali and constables Rajendra Singh and Ankit Rawat.[1]