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Himachal Pradesh's Nurpur Police has arrested two, seizing 3.575 kilograms of charas or concentrated cannabis from their possession on Saturday. 

 

The police got a tip-off, acting on which, a Swift Dzire car was intercepted near Jota, at the 24-mile mark in Nurpur, and contraband was recovered from the vehicle, Superintendent of Police (SP) Nurpur, Ashok Ratan stated, informing about the seizure. 

 

Both the accused hail from the hill state's Kullu district. 

 

A case under sections 20 (possessing cannabis), 25 (allowing premises for offence) and 29 (criminal conspiracy) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against two accused Bhupinder Thakur and Jitendra Thakur. 

 

Further investigations are underway in the matter, the SP said, adding that a campaign against illegal drug trafficking in the district to combat the menace of narcotics would continue.