Hotel co-owner held in Shimla LSD drug bust case

Shimla: The Shimla Police have arrested another accused in the high-profile Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) recreational drug recovery case in which 562 stamp-sized strips of LSD, valued at nearly Rs 1 crore, were seized on March 10 from two accused in New Shimla.The latest arrest is that of Sanjeev Kumar, 35 , a co-owner of a hotel, who was taken into custody on May 16. A resident of Bushona village in Bhuntar tehsil of Kullu district, Kumar has been booked for allegedly destroying evidence and involvement in criminal conspiracy.The case was registered at New Shimla Police Station under Sections 22 and 29 of the NDPS Act on March 10 after the arrest of Sandeep Sharma from Punjab and Priya Sharma from Sirmaur.Police earlier arrested the alleged supplier, Naviel Harrison of Kerala, from Gurugram on March 13. During investigation, four anti-drug special task force (STF) personnel were also arrested for allegedly receiving the LSD consignment at a hotel in Kullu district.