The Gopeshwar police nabbed two persons with 213 kilogrammes of Shilajit and 1.50 kg of hashish from separate places in Chamoli district on the weekend. According to the office of the Chamoli superintendent of police, Tripti Bhatt, a police team caught Prithvi Janban, a resident of Nepal with 213.02 kg raw Shilajit on the Pokhri bend during a checking on Saturday. A case has been registered against him under the Forest Act.
In another case, the police caught Ram Prasad of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh with 1.50 kg of hashish on a tip off from an informant. A case was registered against him under the NDPS Act.