Police arrested one young man, later named as 32-year-old Rakesh Kumar of Mandka village, during a checkpoint in Tissa in the Churah subdivision of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh.[1] Officers of the Special Task Force recovered 9 kilograms 28 grams of charas, cannabis resin, from him at the stop.[1] A search of his possession produced 9.028 kilograms of charas, the same quantity given in kilograms and grams.[1]

The STF team set up the checkpoint at about 12:50 a.m. on a secret tip-off.[1] The checkpoint was on the link road to the Khakhdi dam site at Tissa.[1] Assistant Sub-Inspector Paramesh Sharma, Tissa in-charge of STF North Range Kangra, led the action.[1]

Police identified the arrested man as Rakesh Kumar, 32, of Mandka village, post office Thalli, tehsil Churah, Chamba district.[1] An FIR was registered against him at the STF North Range Kangra police station under sections 20 and 25 of the NDPS Act.[1] ASI Paramesh Sharma is conducting the further investigation.[1]