‘Order on WhatsApp’: How police unearthed interstate drug racket run by apple trader

Shashi Negi, an apple trader from Shimla, was apprehended for running an interstate drug racket involving ‘chitta’ (adulterated heroin). Orders were placed via WhatsApp and delivered through a complex network to avoid detection. Police connected him to Nigerian and other gangs, seizing 465 grams of drugs and arresting 25 associates.