Udayapur, October 12
Police have seized 1,040 kg 440 grams of marijuana from two separate places in Udayapur. Police have taken a person into custody, along with a Bolero vehicle used to transport the marijuana, while other people involved are at large.
Police seized 940 kg 440 grams of marijuana from the Rani Tar–Beltar inner road section at Charghare in Chaudandigadhi Municipality-1 of the district.
Acting on specific information that marijuana was being transported at 2 am on Sunday, a police team deployed from Area Police Office Beltar inspected a parked Bolero, number Ba 14 Cha 2255, and found marijuana packed in 29 sacks. Police said the weight of the seized marijuana includes the sacks.
Separately, police arrested a man with a further 100 kg of marijuana from the forest near the Saguri bridge in Katari Municipality-6. A police team deployed from Area Police Office Katari at 10:20 pm on Sunday took Bishwa Raj Rai, about 22, of Tapli Rural Municipality-2, into custody with marijuana packed in five sacks.
According to police, Rai was arrested while carrying the marijuana from Tintale towards Siraha. Others involved in the incident are at large.
The total weight of marijuana seized in the two incidents is 1,040 kg 440 grams. Police said a search is under way for the absconding people involved in transporting the marijuana.
Rai is being held in the custody of Area Police Office Katari for further investigation, and an investigation is also continuing into the seizure of marijuana from the Bolero, the District Police Office, Udayapur, said.
